India’s poverty line in 2011 was at 26 Rupees – that is around $0.53 (source: Guardian). While the World Bank records a decrease in the percentage of people falling under this level (42 per cent in 2005), the measurement itself is under harsh criticism. It has been described as a “starvation line” rather than a poverty line and indeed many [...]
In 2005, the World Bank estimated that roughly 42 per cent of people in India live below the poverty line. That poverty line lay at 26 Rupees (around $53) in 2011 (source: Guardian)and has more often been described as a “starvation line.” For huge amounts of people, it is a daily struggle to maintain themselves, even if they [...]
Colors, colors, colors! Nowhere in my life have I seen such colorful dresses, houses, people before! Despite some downsides in Indian society, the country glows of its radiating colors that bring light and joy to the viewer. Make your gry life more colorful and simply enojoy!
Four years after Hurricane Katrina hit Lousiana, New Orleans has made strong efforts to reconstruct. Tourism has had a strong impact on the main city neighborhoods. Other neighborhoods still resembled ghost towns in 2010 and more than 60% of the former residents were still displaced.
I took this picture of Snoop Dogg, formerly known as Snoop Doggy Dogg reporting about his only concert in Germany in 2009. He entered the stage at the Europalace in Mainz where he was smoking weed during the short concert, asking the audience to join him. Here’s the original article and a blog post I [...]
Hello! After the previous version of this site crashed on me in the middle of my MA thesis, I decided to give it the final blow and kill it now that I’m done with my studies. You shall witness the rise of an entirely new portfolio site over the next weeks! Stay tuned, stay hungry, [...]
