German Ambassador Jasper Wieck Reflects on 35-Year Journey Through India’s Heritage

Germany’s newly installed ambassador to India, Jasper Wieck, posted a short video on social media that revisits his first journey to the country as a student nearly thirty-five years ago. The footage strings together a series of personal photographs showing him beside the red-sandstone walls of Agra Fort, a monkey perched on his shoulder, the crowded markets of Old Delhi, and the 1938-era Moti Cinema in Chandni Chowk. Another picture places him beside a traditional spinning wheel, underscoring the everyday cultural encounters he experienced.

In the narration he calls India an "old friend" and says arriving there now feels like coming home. The collection illustrates a slower era of travel, when memories were captured on film rather than instantly shared online, and underscores the lasting impression the country left on him.