Mumbai

Anja Wasserbäch and guest journalist Sukhada Tatke go on a culinary tour of Stuttgart. more ...

Mumbai is a city of extremes: Impressions from the Indian metropolis, in which wealth and poverty converge harshly. more ...

Mumbai is everything and even much more. In the last close-up from Mumbai, it is time to take stock. more ...

The Times of India is the world’s largest English-language newspaper. Work here in the newsroom is almost like anywhere else, but with a little more clapping. more ...

There are many ways to get to know new cities. You can even become acquainted with foreign places through their food. In the immigrants’ city of Mumbai this is exceptionally fascinating, as are some ways of distributing meals. more ...

What will it be? Parsee, Hindu, Jain, Christian, Sikh, Muslim or even atheist? The Mumbaikar are proud of their faiths, even if we have never even heard of some of these religions. more ...

“Was it a marriage for love or was it arranged?” Indian people ask this question as often as we ask, “Was it a church or civil ceremony?” more ...

The gap between the poor and the rich is probably nowhere greater than in Mumbai. The most expensive private house in the world stands here while 60 percent of the population battles daily for survival. more ...

In the world’s largest democracy, as India likes to call itself, one bribery scandal is unearthed after another. Now, all of India is taking to the streets to fight against corruption. The protesters’ hero is a man called Anna Hazare who has gone on a four-day hunger strike. more ...

The 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai were India’s 11th September, according to the press. Today, the megacity has almost – but just almost – returned to normal. more ...

Austrian wines have made a tiny splash in the Indian market. more ...

Mumbai is not just a boom town, but also and chiefly Slumbai. Over half of the people here live in slums. Tourists can even book a tour of Dharavi, which is not nearly as voyeuristic as one might fear. more ...

What would I do without Pronoti Datta? She sits next to me in the newsroom at the Times of India. I am on a journalists’ exchange for the Goethe-Institut in Mumbai, an unparalleled megacity. As for Pronoti, she is responsible for the newspaper’s culinary pages. This means that she has all of the insider tips when it comes to food. She is also so kind as to explain it all to me, which makes it easier for me to avoid tourist traps. more ...

India beats its archrival Pakistan in the semi-finals of the Cricket World Cup. On the sidelines, however, the policies of the two hostile nations are also the focus. more ...

In order to slake its thirst for energy, India is building the world’s largest nuclear power plant in Jaitapur. more ...

Mumbai does not welcome its visitors with an embrace, but first gives them a sock to the belly. Impressions from Stuttgart’s dissimilar sister, Mumbai – or is it Bombay? more ...

Evening gowns worn with hiking sandals and awkward movements: watch out, Europeans have been asked to take part in the shooting of a Bollywood movie. A field report from a Bollywood studio. more ...

The Indian people celebrate many festivals. The frolicsome spring festival is called Holi and is a fun street festival of colours, when the children spatter themselves and others – especially me, this tall, white woman – with colours and water. more ...

Honking taxis and “no honking” signs, skyscrapers and tin shanties: Mumbai is a moloch and megacity. Anja Wasserbäch, editorial journalist for the Stuttgarter Nachrichten, gives an account of her first impressions from the Indian metropolis where even the number of inhabitants is unknown. more ...

The nuclear disaster in Japan has changed people’s attitudes towards nuclear power in Germany. Chancellor Angela Merkel has decided to take seven old nuclear power plants off the grid. Others are being inspected. For Baden-Württemberg’s Minister President Stefan Mappus the newest debate could mean the end of his career for state elections are coming soon. more ...

From Stuttgart to Mumbai – and only four weeks until the return journey: Editorial journalist Anja Wasserbäch is taking part in the Goethe-Institut’s Close-Up journalists’ exchange. During her stay in the Indian city, she is working at the newspaper with the world’s highest circulation, the Times of India. By Andrea Jenewein more ...