A practical guide on how to survive in Paris
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We started as a site to offer information to Indians visiting Paris. Indians, for us, includes any one with an Indian root, in body, mind or soul. We are encouraged by the fact that you find the website useful with its information-rich content- be it on good vegetarian restaurants or basic rules of spoken French, keeping you abreast with upcoming Paris events through Events Calendar or helping you get started with the French Culture and the like. Our continued endeavour is to help you appreciate Paris and the French life.
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Monthly E-motions- Indulgent July
Sportive theme of June is continued with the prestigious bicycling competition 'Le Tour de France 2009' this month. Relaxation and Indulgence will be here shortly as July kicks off the vacation season.
Summer Sale continues throughout the month. If you have not yet picked up that discounted accessory, clothing item or gadget yet, now is the time before it disappears. Ustad Sayeddudin Dagar is in concert with Pandit Mohan Shyam Sharma. Take a culinary trip to India with Indian cuisine workshops in the first week.
Join like-minded fans of Shah-Rukh Khan for lunch and film screening at the Annual get-together of Asian Outlook. Lovers of Cinema and Japanese Animation will have Japan Pop Culture Festival and Paris Cinema Festival in the first half of the month. Celebrate the French National day with a Free Concert of Johnny Hallyday followed by Fireworks at Eiffel Tower. Through out better part of the second fortnight, fun and frolic beckon to the beaches of Paris.
Have fun everyone!
Bicycle Races in France- The Origins
Long distance bicycle races and challenges are quite common in several countries. What stands apart for France is that such races are steeped in a rich history that can be traced back to a century and more.
Competitive Journalism is at the origin of what are the oldest and the most prestigious long distance bicycle races in the world today- Le Tour de France and Paris-Brest-Paris.
In addition to these two long distance events, the first documented bicycle race in the world is generally held to be a 1,200 m race at the Parc de Saint-Cloud, Paris in 1868. The first inter-city race is held to be between Paris-Rouen the following year. Both these races were won by an Englishman. The successes of such races shortly led to the development of bicycle racing as an organised sports in Britain, France, Netherlands, Sweden etc.
Pan Nalin- the Indian under Spotlight
For anyone who has been fed on the masala Bollywood films, the repertory related to the world of cinema and the world cinema is rather limited other than watching the world though the ubiquitous Bollywood lens.
The first time I heard of Pan Nalin was at the Paris Salon du Cinema in January this year. His name was mentioned for the conference Indian Cinema today along with Praveen Nischol and Subho Bhattacharjee. He was also on the panel for Indo-French coproductions with Amitabh Bachchan. The name was intriguing enough to evoke a search for more information on Pan Nalin.
La Crème Chantilly- A Whipped Creamy Affair
I have been to Chantilly, a suburban city to the North of Paris, quite a few times. I have visited it with friends, admired its castle, the stables, the racecourse and have sampled La Crème Chantilly- right where it belongs! I did not know till my first visit that the famous Crème Chantilly derives its name from here. For those who might like to try their hand at recreating the Crème Chantilly at their home, here's this easy recipe just right for that summer Strawberries and cream afternoon!
