We had our last meeting with West Zone Cultural Center during the morning. Unlike previous meetings this one was mainly focused on West Indian culture, traditions, arts and entertainment. The meeting later evolved into a conversation about both India and Sweden where we talked about… Read More »Wednesday, day 13 – West Zone Cultural Center and some sightseeing
Today we woke up early to take a walk before breakfast (we meaning today’s bloggers, Sandra and Frida). The main plan was to catch the sunrise (05:45), but because of our struggle getting out of bed at that time, the plan became somewhat compromised to… Read More »Tuesday, day 12 – Chai, Seva Mandir and Indian cooking class
After breakfast we went for a walk on the streets of Udaipur. We headed towards the spice market known as the Mandir market. Since it was in the morning the market had just come to life and the stalls salesmen were towering up small pyramids… Read More »Monday, day 11 – Not only cows but elephants in the streets
Namaste! Our second day in beautiful Udaipur began with an early breakfast at one of the neighbourhood cafés, before we jumped into a car destined to drive us to Ranakpur where we wished to see the famous Jain temple. Since the car’s AC made the… Read More »Sunday, day 10 – The Jain Temple in Ranakpur and the dance performance
Finally, our how else would I express myself? We are in an extremly beautiful town, amazing architecture and so much to explore! Also we are away from all the constant traffic jams, pollution and noise in Mumbai. Fortunately, our fear of melting away in the… Read More »Saturday, day 9 – Beautiful Udaipur
The day started with a meeting with Majlis, an organization for women and their juridical rights. We met two layers with a wide knowledge about just that, women’s right. They told us about their main concerns and gave us case-examples. One was about a wife… Read More »Thursday & Friday, days 7 & 8 – Goodbye Mumbai and Welcome to Udaipur
Wednesday we had the possibility to enjoy a slow morning – we had only one meeting in the afternoon. We had breakfast, bread omelette and chai tea, at TISS cantine and read local newspapers. Mumbai Mirror (local “Expressen”) was the most entertaining one, with… Read More »Wednesday, day 6 – Documentary afternoon and more wandering
Our second visit was to a NGO, working with development and social issues in the outskirts north of Mumbai. This day proved to be the longest and sweatiest day so far, with a two hours long bus ride combined with Mumbai’s warmest day in a… Read More »Tuesday, day 5 – Centre for Social Action (CSA)
The 4th day in Mumbai and we are getting used to the Indian way of doing things. Today we had our first meeting and as custom goes, a visit to the Swedish Consulate was planned. As mumbai traffic goes its crazy and this day, 3… Read More »Monday, day 4 – Consulate visit and Bollywood club hang out
Sunday’s biggest project was to explore one of the main tourist attractions of Mumbai, the Elephant island. A slightly misleading name when the only animals we met were banana-stealing monkeys. Originally, the name comes from a grand elephant statue made of stone, which however now… Read More »Sunday, day 3 – Elephant island and Indian comedy