As I sit down to write this article, there is a flurry of thoughts racing through my mind. I intended to write about my trip back to India, but where do I start from, what do I write about and how do I convert all the innumerable flood of thoughts and experiences into words?! I [...]

Two indian cultural events within the span of 1 week is something that cannot happen very frequently. Last week, I  attended a remarkable music performance by the noted Bengali singer Kaushiki Desikan. Accompanying her were Shabaz Hussain on the tabla, and Gourab Chatterjee on the harmonium. The programme was at the Rudolf Oetker Halle in [...]

Somehow I feel that calling Köln by its English equivalent, robs it of its charm and uniqueness. A trip to Köln would not be complete without visiting the Kölner Dom, in fact, that’s where it would start from! The staggering black towers of this magnificient structure stares down on you even as you just alight [...]

Its always a great thrill to be able to watch a regional language movie when you are far away from home. Particularly, for a Rajinikanth film everything is different from the usual. Right from the millions of dedicated fans and their years-long enthusiasm even when the film is being made, to the out-of-the-world- revelry inside [...]

The title is the traditional cheering call given by all Hindus on the religious festival of Ganesh Chathurthi. Last weekend was Ganesh chathurthi, and as usual, Germany once again offered me the opportunity to take part in yet another traditional event here, 5000 miles away from home. I was joined by my friend Prasanna from [...]

In this article I would like to share my experiences from the 5-day Summer School organized by DECHEMA (Gesellschaft für Chemische Technik und Biotechnologie e. V.) a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting initiatives and support developments  in the fields of chemical engineering and biotechnology. The theme was  “Quantitative Biology – From Cell to Process” and the [...]

Finally after many hectic days, as I settle down on a peaceful Friday evening to write down my next  blog post, which I wanted to be about the World cup fever in Germany, its already a week since everything has come to an end. So, I guess its too late now, anyway, we all know [...]

This title was sugested by Philip when we were having a grill party among our department colleagues at the university. It was a funny take on a situation where they were roasting Schweinfleisch while I managed to fit in a couple of vegetable chops and Kartoffel puffers in between. Summer is a time to be [...]

Last week my colleagues were in Hamburg to take part in – The first international brewing contest organized by the TU-Hamburg Harburg.. Our team (and our beer too) is called “Erwin’s beste Flasche”, named after our Department Head. Unfortunately, I couldn’t go along with them and missed out on a lot of fun. But here´s [...]

The first week of this month started with a bang, since I had a couple of friends over at my place and had a lot of fun over the Easter weekend. This was the longest official weekend we had since Christmas and New year, so we decided to travel together and visit a few places, [...]