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Pompous Parade in Pondicherry
February 28, 2014 heralded its official 125th anniversary of the Alliance Française de Pondichéry, a day replete with festivities, fun and merriment amid the students, teachers and its members. This day was set in motion with the staff of Alliance Française baking a cake to commemorate the attainment of 125 years of its operations in Pondicherry. [...]
Faites / Fête de la photo !
Article publié sur le site de l’Institut Français en Inde. “Everyone is a photographer now, remember. That’s the great thing about photography.” – Martin Parr, Photographer Fête de la Photo celebrates photography in various forms of its evolution. Envisioned to take place in 12 different Indian cities in partnership with The Alliance Française, it [...]
Gourmet week in Pondi
In order to prepare its gourmet week, which will take place from March 17th to 23rd, Alliance Française de Pondichéry welcomed Jean Hue, a retired and talented chef, who helped guide, teach and instruct the local cooks in the fine art of French cooking. His immaculate training proved to be a great success. Diplomacy and love [...]
Des dessins qui ensorcellent
Le 7 février dernier, l’Alliance française de Bangalore a eu l’honneur d’accueillir les créatrices du livre de jeunesse Le Tigre de Miel pour une intervention sur la manière dont le livre a été conçu. « Une collaboration sérendipiteuse » Anita Roy, de Zubaan Publications qui a publié le livre en Inde avec le soutien de l’Institut Francais, [...]
Portraits
A true Indian amongst the French
Francis Wacziarg, a dynamic business personality and co-chairman of Neemrana Hotels Pvt. Ltd, passed away on 17 February 2014. His unparalleled contribution to heritage tourism in India, secured him as well as his business partner Aman Nath, a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Indian Ministry of Tourism. Coincidentally, this award was conferred on them just [...]
Babu Karani’s French Journey
“People are great not because of their deeds in life, but by the legacy they leave behind to follow in life.” These were the prophetic words imparted to me by Mr. Babu Karani when I suffered the loss of a cherished relative. Ever since he passed on, these words constantly resonate in my mind, egging me [...]
Ananda Devi
Invitée d’honneur de la semaine de la Francophonie en 2011 par les Alliances françaises, l’écrivaine mauricienne Ananda Devi revient en Inde en 2014 pour participer au festival international de littérature de Jaïpur, invitée cette année par le bureau du livre de l’Institut Français en Inde. Ananda Devi avait déjà participé en 2011 à deux conférences [...]
Dipanwita Roy, Odissi dancer
The great international Odissi dancer Dipanwita Roy came last Thursday to the Alliance Française du Bengale in Kolkata, to present a part of her artistic work in front of an attentive and passionate audience. She came to elucidate the aspects of what a traditional Indian dance can do when it is associated with modern music and [...]
Les nouvelles scènes du Bharata Natyam
Danseuse d’origine française, Nancy Boissel Cormier, a découvert le Bharata Natyam (danse traditionnelle du Tamil Nadu) en 1997. Elle n’a de cesse depuis lors de partager son amour pour cette discipline avec le plus grand nombre. Au travers d’un langage chorégraphique qui lui est propre et qui allie ses racines occidentales à son expérience indienne, [...]
Maurice Durozier : Word of Actor
Is it possible to define Art? Perhaps a more important question is whether that is necessary at all. Some works of art are powerful enough to change something within one forever. Pondicherry recently had the opportunity to host a great French theatre actor, Maurice Durozier who was in town to perform his play, Word of [...]
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