Experiences in Germany by Guest Writer Mr. Ritwik

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So, here is the first guest writer on my blog, Mr. Ritwik Samtani. Ritwik is a very dynamic young man pursuing his Post Graduation from Parul Institute of Management. He has just returned from his semester exchange program, where he went to Germany and studied for one semester. 

So, let us enjoy what he has to share.

We had a meeting with vice dean of FH Bielefeld. After the meeting was over, he asked us to join for having cake prepared by his wife. So we went to cafeteria. We were very surprised when he served us the cake himself! We enjoyed eating the cake along with him. While having delicious cake, we had conversation about how both the countries (Germany and India) are different from each other. 
He mentioned that the relation between students and professors, employees and employers are very different. He said that for them Facebook is personal, and they don’t have students in their friends list. Of course, that doesn’t mean the relation was rigid or they were maintaining distance. It was just that they were keeping their personal life separate from their professional life. We appreciated their professionalism while having cake with made by his wife.

Formal pose for formal picture, Ritwik is third from left

During Diwali (in India) we went to a village called Spelle, Simmon, one of the student took us there to give us an experience of a German village.  We meet his family, grandparents, his friend & family.
We were in talks and one topic which I found interesting was their culture of giving back to society.
Simmon’s mother helped small children cross the road near their school every morning.
His girlfriend teaches swimming every weekend for children for free.
He organise summer camp with various activities for children (again for free).
His father(police man) goes to church for preaching.

This is amazing, which we should learn from them. We should give back to the society and we don't need to be rich to do so.

- by Ritwik Samtani (January 31, 2015)