"I have approximate answers and possible beliefs and different degrees of certainty about different things, but I'm not absolutely sure of anything..." (Richard Feynman)
Tale 1 The weather in Rome is better than in London. Ok this is a joke, I was fortunate. In one week between London and Milton Keynes the weather was constantle better than in Rome, in the first week of May! Tale 2 London is more expensive than the continent. Yes, London is more expensive than Berlin, no doubt, but compared to Paris, Rome or Madrid? My Hilton in MK was 115 Pounds, and this was the high tarrif, because of the "wrong" days of the week, my colleague payed 78, try to get a similar quality Hotel in Rome for that tariff.
Questo e' incredibile. 70% dei ginecologi italiani sono "obiettori di coscienza", questa significa che si rifiutano ad eseguire aborti. E' un dato gravissimo. Significa, che la linea repressiva ed illiberale della chiesa della destra e' maggioritaria anche su un livello culturale.
Am 20. April nahm ich an einer denkwuerdigen Veranstaltung teil mit dem Titel "Osnabruecker Heimatabend", veranstaltet von Kalla Wefel, einem unserer Mitstreiter in der linken Schuelerbewegung Ende der 60er Jahre in Osnabrueck. Der Titel war "68 in Osnabrueck" oder so aehnlich - und das faszinierte mich natuerlich.
On my trip from Bangalore to Mysore we went to see an ancient temple and passed through rural areas of Kanataka:
The country has more than 7% GDP growth. The state of Karnataka will be far above 10 % as as is the state Andra Pradesh, but most parts of rural areas are like this picture.
And this is the challenge
I am finishing today my trip to India, which brought me to Kanpur (Indian Institute of Technology), Hyderabad (Verus, Kesevan Indstitute of Information and Knowledge Management, ICRISAT) and Bangalore (Indian Institute of Statistics, SMD Institute for Management Development). I gave keynotes at the AGROPEDIA workshop at IIT and at the New Gen Lib workshop at SMD-IMD, I gave two lectures to students and faculty at IITK.