Jump onto a moving bus? In Germany, that’s strictly verboten. But, in Kolkata it became a habit for reporter Jürgen Gerrmann from Nürtingen. And riding the bus was a daily adventure.
Between September 2011 and May 2012, ten local journalists from Germany and India became familiar with the other country’s everyday lives. From a foreign perspective and with a reporter’s curiosity, they wrote about their experiences in Berlin, Chennai, Frankfurt, New Delhi, Hamburg, Hyderabad, Leipzig, Bangalore, Nürtingen und Kolkata.
Between September 2011 and May 2012, ten local journalists from Germany and India became familiar with the other country’s everyday lives. From a foreign perspective and with a reporter’s curiosity, they wrote about their experiences in Berlin, Chennai, Frankfurt, New Delhi, Hamburg, Hyderabad, Leipzig, Bangalore, Nürtingen und Kolkata.
The journalists‘ exchange Close-Up 2011 took place during the Year of Germany in India and was funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation. Partners were, in Germany, the Berliner Zeitung, Frankfurter Rundschau, Hamburger Morgenpost, Leipziger Volkszeitung and Nürtinger Zeitung. Partners in India were Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad), Deccan Herald (Bangalore), Hindustan Times (Neu Delhi), The Hindu (Chennai) and Times of India (Kolkata).
