German Friends: The Hindu:
Culture and the German link
WHAT CAN be more inspiring than Indian and German friends coming together to celebrate Indian classical dance? The event, a performance by the Nrityagram Ensemble, is set to happen on April 3.The organisers are the Indo-German Cultural Society (IGCS), the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), and the Max Mueller Bhavan (MMB), Bangalore. Deepali Pal, the regional director of the ICCR, says the programme exemplifies what the three institutes stand for."The IGCS was...
German Friends: EPHRATA CLOISTER ALSO SET TO CELEBRATE FALL
During autumn in the 1700s Pennsylvania German friends and neighbors gathered to share in the work and rewards of a bountiful harvest. The tradition continues at the historic Ephrata Cloister's annual Apple Dumpling Festival, on Saturday.The first of the fresh hot homemade dumplings comes out of the oven at 10 a.m. and the gathering continues until the last dumpling is sold. Apple dumplings are a Pennsylvania German confection made of apples, spices and sugar all wrapped in...
German Friends: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
I just returned from three weeks in Europe visiting German friends. The Europeans with whom I spoke are deeply saddened by the spectacle we are presenting to the world stage.Despite their education and great familiarity with the United States, they find it inconceivable that we would have so little respect for the presidency and the private life of our current president. In talking with them about the larger context of this tragedy, I realized again how the judgment and discretion of the...
German Friends: Hot campaign issue in Germany: working moms
Maria-Louisa di Biagio still remembers the sting of disapproval from her German friends when she returned to work after the birth of her son."I felt like a terrible mom who gave up her children to strangers," says Ms. di Biagio, now a mother of two and executive assistant to the director of the European Central Bank.For generations, Germany has largely taken it for granted that a mother's place is in the home. But the hausfrau model of marriage...
German Friends: Four things to know about Birgit Klohs
-- There's no English allowed when Klohs and her German friends get together for coffee at the Wealthy Street Bakery every few weeks. "We yak away in German to hold on to our language," she said. Klohs also reads German books and magazines because "language is a living thing. It changes." -- For Klohs' 40th birthday, her staff created a Monopoly-type board game that incoporated the myriad misspellings of her name. They even...