Future Maker – Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2024

Future Maker – Ashoka Changemaker Summit 2024

It was around midnight for me when I had the interview appointment with two of the organizers. About an hour we exchanged about community engagement and my motivation of being a Changemaker. A couple of days later, I received a message in my inbox. I was accepted and...
Lights of Change: Sustainable Bollywood

Lights of Change: Sustainable Bollywood

“Stop – the hair”. The director is sitting in front of two screens just around the corner of the set so that he can observe everything without being in the way of the camera. I am currently witnessing behind the scenes how a new episode of a popular...
Shaking, Stepping, Jumping – 3 h of Bollywood dance

Shaking, Stepping, Jumping – 3 h of Bollywood dance

“You have to concentrate! Now we take our right arm and lift our right leg in order to…” Akshay is facing the mirror while talking to us – a group of University of Denver students on their interterm-class exploring the secrets of Bollywood. If...
Rajasthan – a wild discovery journey

Rajasthan – a wild discovery journey

“No, no. It was only a small wedding. 10 guests for each family.” The young man next to me is slim, he smiles while telling about the wedding ceremony of his younger brother for which he just returns home from Jodhpur. It is one of the shorter train rides...