Summer School on Human Development and Human Rights

After the great excursion to Hampi, we have to start with the completion of our project work and the summer school as a whole. With the beautiful temples still in our mind, we return to our laptops, the library and the conference hall to study on our group papers and to prepare the final presentations. During the evening everyone is studying so hard that a couple of participants forget to eat. Fortunately Mohan, the caretaker of the guesthouse, remind us of the lovely food made for us in the...

The second day. Today was the second day of the summerschool, but the first day of lectures. We started the day with a very inspiring lecture from Shobha Raghuram. She is a development policies analyst. She offered us her view on pluralism and development in recent India. I've been travelling through India for three weeks before the summerschool started. I've been confronted with genderissues during my trip. At some places in India, there are for example hardly any woman on the streets. T...

The very first day of the summer school It's 9.30 am, the traffic is loud, the weather is humid and the sky looks dark but it all seems distant here in the green seclusion of the national law school of Bangalore. Excited but also a little bit anxious we're gathered on and around the sofa's in front of the classroom. It's the first day and we hardly know each others names. You can barely believe that in the next few weeks we will get to know each other in ways unforeseen, that some of thes...

To give you an idea of this wonderful gathering in Bangalore, India, we would like to share attained knowledge and personal experiences. Every participant will reflect on a day of the summer school. By sending daily reports we hope to give you a diverse impression of this fruitful, plural meeting!