Overview of all pages with the category #India

LOG 3.1: Summer Solstice

Posted on June 21, 2013 | 3 minutes | 496 words | Janani Dhinakaran

21st June, 2012 Happy Summer Solstice everyone 🙂 It has been two weeks since I got back to Germany from India. All the trees grew back their leaves in the month I was gone so everything looks and feels alive! [Read More]

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Introduction to the Indian Caste System

Posted on April 10, 2013 | 8 minutes | 1506 words | Janani Dhinakaran

Let me introduce you to the caste system in India. There are four main castes usually listed in the following order; The Castes Brahmins, the teachers, and priests who occupied themselves with the task of performing common ceremonies such as weddings, naming ceremonies, funerals and house-warming as well as yagnas and other religious activities. [Read More]

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How to encourage mutual respect between men and women in India

Posted on January 11, 2013 | 7 minutes | 1487 words | Janani Dhinakaran

INTRODUCTION The gang-rape and death of Jyothi Singh Pandey who was previously known in the media as Damini or Nirbhaya, was the tipping point in bringing to focus a long suffered issue of disrespect and violence towards women in India. [Read More]

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LOG 1.24: Coming home :)

Posted on December 22, 2012 | 3 minutes | 440 words | Janani Dhinakaran

5th August, 2011 This time next week, I will be home. I can’t tell you how excited I am! When I was translating a song which talked about Idlys in one line, /2011/07/29/balailakka-balailakka-lyrics-and-translation-with-end-notes/I looked them up to share an image link for those readers who don’t know what it is. [Read More]

The only way forward

Posted on December 22, 2012 | 4 minutes | 804 words | Janani Dhinakaran

I tend to avoid the news when I can. It upsets me and since I can’t do much about most of those issues far away I satisfy myself by trying to live in the best way I can; compassionately, sincerely and respectfully. [Read More]

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LOG 1.23: End of Semester

Posted on December 15, 2012 | 3 minutes | 429 words | Janani Dhinakaran

22nd July, 2011 Hello everyone, Yesterday I wrote the last exam of this Semester! Not sure when I will get results but I´m sure what I did try, I got right. [Read More]

LOG 1.20: Chickens and Seals

Posted on December 1, 2012 | 4 minutes | 659 words | Janani Dhinakaran

13th June, 2011 Hello everyone, It’s been half a year since I left home the second time and luckily I will be back home for some time without as much gap as last time. [Read More]

LOG 1.10: The first signs

Posted on September 22, 2012 | 2 minutes | 404 words | Janani Dhinakaran

28th February, 2011 Hello, It is now possible to see the first signs of Spring. The trees are bearing buds that will leaf and flower forth. [Read More]

'Garbage out, garbage out' by C.K. Meena

Posted on September 18, 2012 | 5 minutes | 990 words | Janani Dhinakaran

C.K. Meena is a columnist in The Hindu, one of India´s biggest news papers. She was my teacher when I took up a certificate course in Journalism and we soon became friends. [Read More]

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LOG 1.4: Beauty and the Beasts

Posted on August 11, 2012 | 4 minutes | 850 words | Janani Dhinakaran

30th December, 2010 Hello everyone, Another ‘Old Year’ has gone by … well I hope it was as happy as it could’ve been for everyone. So many things have happened, so many new things have been learnt! [Read More]