Yesterday and today proved to be some very adventurous and fun filled days. We had some presentations, after which we met the Head of the Social Science programme and discussed and spoke about various topics under the sun! We also ate a typical cake called Semla, which is eaten specifically yesterday, cause its called the FAT TUESDAY, as its the day prior to the lent fest.
thats Semla... with loads of cream and you need to find your own way to eat it!In the afternoon, the amazing staff who takes care of us, arranged for us meetings with students and other people who could give us more information about our personal project. I was with the class constituting only of immigrants who were learnign swedish and the swedish societal sysem. It was amazing, and at the same time upsetting to here some of the stories which they had to share, but it was definately an experience worth remembering. I also met a girl, originally from Afganistan, and we found it easy to communicate in Urdu-Hindi. I got a banana as a gift from her :)
We left for the before hand planned camp and it began amazingl with all of us cooking! There was rice, chicken curry and vegetable curry (for information regarding that, contact our head vegetarian chef, Sara) The camp continued with some funny games to get the group together, musical chair, touch the chair in the middle and then 10@74 game invented by the Indians in the train from Östersund - Göterberg about the caste system. It worked well (lucky us!!!) After playing idli-vada-coffee, we decided to give us some sleep at around 00.00.
Today, after one presentation about India, we had discussion about the cultural differences between the two countries. It was amzing hearing what these students had to say about different issues. Some points which we talked about even made me and them think - Are there way too many oppurtunities in their country here? Does that make it more difficult to choose an occupation? How much do we value the power to say NO? Do they feel the need to have a strnger religion system? What do I think of the differences of the cultures here? Will arrange marriage be accepted by Swedish youth? Immigrants and their integration into the society... we went on for nearly and hour and everyone of us left thinking about something or the other! Then we left for ice skating. It turned out better than any of us expected. The falls were minimal, and it was not hard to stand on the ice, as we thought it would be. Our professional instructors - Mattias, Åsa and Sara were the best in helping us out.
After a quick dinner, we left to watch the Bollywood Exhibition which was very intersting and for a change, at that time, we (indians) acted as guides :) It was not just movies, but bollywood songs and dances, Hindu Gods and Goddess's statutes done beautiful and a brief detailing of the same given.
This picture is of one of the walls where many Bollywood films' posters were put up.
at the Bollywood exhibition...It was great two days of thinking and loads of perspectives,interaction and definately loads of fun. In all, Lerum has been one great experience - be it interactions, be it talking about our country, be it meeting some amazing people, be it having some amazing discussions.
Tomorrow is our last morning in Lerum, and then we are off to Malmö.
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