The sun is high in the sky. A cool breeze blows in my face. I have to squint my eyes. The reflections of the lake dazzle me. Small waves move slowly through the water. They look like silk blowing in the wind. The water glistens, when waves break. In the distance, I see the outline […]

Rajasthan, land of Rajputs. More than 19 principalities settled in this region before being incorporated into British India. Even today there are voices in Rajasthan that one sees himself as a Rajpute and not as an Indian. The Pink City My journey through this region of India takes me first to the state capital, Jaipur. […]

After a 9-hour train ride, in which we (Maria from Khajuraho accompanies me) were involved in a conversation with Indians for about six hours, we arrived in Agra very tired. My first impression: I will stay here longer. But that changed quickly the next day when I met the Indians in an  unpleasant, very enterprising […]

Hooting cars, blasting rickshaws and mopeds and screeching bicycle bells combine to create a deafening noise potpourri that torments my drumming field. Varanasi – the holy city on the Ganges and the holiest city of Hinduism! And it’s so unbearably loud in the city center that I have to hold my ears more often. I […]