Imagine jails without inmates Paul and I vividly remember a very special event many years ago, a reading of my third book “The Seventh Year”. The book is a description of a cinematically documented climbing blind expedition, a journey leading up to an altitude of more than 6500 meters that came along with risks, and […]
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Stairways to change 2020 was special in many aspects. At the beginning of the COVID crisis, we were wondering what this year has in store for kanthari. Questions and concerns ran through our minds: Do we have to close down? How can we keep the team together? How can we justify our existence without the
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OMLA, the future of Africa? The following blog post was sent to us by Lawrence Afere, from Nigeria. Lawrence, an energetic organic farmer, environmentalist, and catalyst, graduated from kanthari in 2012. 2012 was a special year. A year with ups and downs, crises, and many success stories. Most kantharis from his generation have realized ground-breaking
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The inner child by Chacko Jacob Keep your inner child alive. Let creativity, curiosity, wonder, and openness always be part of your life. Well, we south Asians might have slightly misunderstood this saying. We seem drawn to the worst attributes of a child: dependence and submission. In some cultures, 18 (or 16 in some cases)
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Taboos in Thailand (Part 2) Can it be said that cultures that are greatly influenced by taboos and superstition are not ready for democratic processes? In the last blog post, I wrote about taboos in Thailand. Due to the current changes in the romanticized holiday paradise, I would like to follow up on this topic
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Taboos in Modern Thailand (Part 1) by sabriye tenberken Life and work in an intercultural context, as we experience it here at the kanthari Institute, is very inspiring. But if one is not prepared for this diverse atmosphere, it can also backfire and thus end in utter chaos. For this reason, in the first weeks
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A Quest for Kids’ Literature in Tamil By Akila Surendran, As a kid, I grew up reading English books like the Ladybird series, Disney’s fairytales, Aesop’s fables and Enid Blyton’s. Other memories are of my grandmother relating Hindu mythological stories to me in our regional language, Tamil. These stories were mesmerising. They fed my imagination.
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The State of Affairs – Why Civil Courage is Important by Karl Amadé Giraffe Heroes Foundation Europe and kanthari The world has come to a point where it has clearly shown us that the ever-growing population, paired with a hunger of consumption have caused a multitude of challenges. Additionally, there is a constant increase of
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An everyday struggle with patriarchy Every now and then, we like to post articles from the blogosphere that catch our attention. Disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in the text belong solely to the author, and not necessarily to kanthari. This article has made some of us reflect on the nature of parent-child relationships
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Nigeria erupts Imagine the following scene. A group of well-dressed educated teenagers, armed with nothing but their smart phones, stroll along a highway somewhere in urban Nigeria. Suddenly a car stops right next to them. Armed men jump out and approach the youngsters, surround them, and force them to hand over their mobile phones. The
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