India

Im Banne der Kokosnuss

19/04/2014

Seit etwa einer Woche habe ich mich ganz der Kokosnuss verschrieben. Zuvor hatte ich mich nicht einmal ernsthaft mit ihr auseinander gesetzt. Kein Wunder, war ich doch ein [...]

The Cochin Melting Pot

08/02/2014

With less than 50% Hindus, and as much as 30% Muslims and 20% Christians in addition to minority religions such as Jainism and Buddhism, Kerala is India’s most religiously [...]

Water palaces in Alleppey

06/02/2014

Alleppey, or Alappuzha, town is not noteworthy, and hardly the “Venice of India” that it is sometimes called by people who have never seen Venice. The reason it is so [...]

The wonderful Goan bubble

27/01/2014

We had just landed and were waiting for our bags, when a simple conversation with a young airport employee already revealed one difference between Goa and the rest of India. [...]

Warming up in Bombay

23/01/2014

Freshly retired and suddenly benefiting from the otherwise rare combination of time and money, my mom had given me the task to organize a family holiday in India, a country [...]