En route to Qatar

Passing over Anatolia with 1,244 miles left to go until Doha. Tomorrow morning I will be in Mumbai, at the other end of the rabbit hole, suddenly thrown into a world I know almost nothing about.

I am on a week-long study trip together with 11 colleagues from my department which will include visits to Tata Industries, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and the Indian Social Action Forum. The last time we attempted this trip in April, our plans were dashed by Eyjafjallajökull. Instead of a week in India we then got an evening at an Indian restaurant in Lund and some sad gin & tonics. This time around however, our luck seems to be better.

I hope to be able to publish at least something here on Rawls & Me during the trip. After two days in Mumbai we will continue up to New Delhi where we will witness the Diwali festivities. And already next Sunday I will be back in Sweden where the tables are finally starting to turn; not only is the dissertation off to the printers, I have also been shortlisted and interviewed for a post-doc in Hong Kong starting on 1 January 2011!