Sujatha Swamy, Centre for Global Languages, Bengaluru City University Abstract India and France are two countries that share strategic and friendly bilateral relations.  In 2023, when the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited France as the Guest of Honour for the National Day celebrations, French President Emmanuel Macron offered him […]

Suchandra Ghosh (Basu), Amity University Maharashtra, Prajesh Kumar Basu, Amity University Maharashtra Abstract  Diplomacy between France and India, particularly with regard to cinema and the arts, could include collaboration in the promotion and dissemination of the works of Satyajit Ray. Ray was one of India’s most acclaimed directors, recognized for […]

Subrata Pal, Department of Foreign Languages, Amity University,  Kolkata, India, Abstract India is a country where we find variety and diversity of cultures. Each state is well characterized by their cultures. All cultures are alive, and they attract many people. Not only Indians but also there are several foreigners who […]

Satyasree Balijepally, Asst. Prof & Head of the Department of French, St. Joseph’s University, Bengaluru. Abstract: The creative industries like Cinema, music, art and fashion are instruments of promoting understanding and cultural cooperation between two nations which highlight le exchange of knowledge between communities, societies and cultures. They have the […]

Mr. Prantik Biswas, Assistant Professor in French, Amity School of Foreign Languages, Amity University Kolkata Dr.Pronobesh Ranjan Chakraborty, Assistant Professor in French, Assam University, Silchar Abstract  We are very well aware that Pondichery was officially a French colony from 1763 to 1954 while most of the Indian territories were being […]

Prajesh Kumar Basu, Amity University Maharashtra,  Suchandra Ghosh (Basu),  Amity University Maharashtra, Abstract The laureate of Nobel Prize for Literature in 1969, writer, poet and playwright, Samuel Beckett is chiefly known for his theatrical masterpieces such as Waiting for Godot etc. He learned and fell in love with the French […]

Partho DAS. Assistant Professor – I (French),  Amity University Kolkata & Ph.D Research Scholar (French) University of Lucknow) Dr. Shailendra Pratap SINGH. Associate Professor (French), University of Lucknow Abstract In the novel “Une Vie”, Maupassant talks about the rituals, customs and social conventions of 19th century French society. Here a […]

Jayita Basak, SACT,  Chandernagore College, Abstract  The relation between Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Lauriat and France was very important. It was started with his grandfather, Dwarakanath Tagore’s visit in France and continued with his brothers, especially Jyotirindranath Tagore. Before expanding his glory everywhere in the world in 1913, the talent of […]

Ms. Jayati Dasgupta, Research Scholar, Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan, Abstract  Colonisation, decolonisation and postcolonial negotiations are political and diplomatic processes. But during this regime of colonisation the cultural exchange is like an undercurrent of a river, which leaves its impression even long after decolonisation. Chandernagore, a former French colony went […]

Dr. Rupam DattaAssistant Professor,AmityUniversity, Kolkata AbstractThis article traces the role of Jean Philippe de Bourbon, Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis (1509-1572), as the founder of the Bourbon lineage of India. His extraordinary journey combines exile, adventure and the establishment of new family lineage in IndiaIn this article, we will undertake a historical […]