Eight Years in Paris

It  was a  real surprise  to  meet a  Legendary  Scientist  and Professor  and to see  his humility  and  Hospitality  in welcoming   a  Foreign Research Student  and making me  feel  totally  at  ease  in  a  foreign land.  I had never  imagined that  this encounter wi...

The one thing  that  woke me  up  while  making the  First  Trip to  Jussieu,  the  University Head quarters of  Paris  VI and to the  Laboratory  of  my  Research Guide, Professor Marurice   Panigel  was the slogan  "se taire dest d'etre complot" inscribed in  Big Bold  Letters  in t...

The Cite  Universitaire  Student  Campus  in middle of  Paris Metropolis appeared to be  a  heaven, at first   for  any student  with  all sorts of  facilities  at arm's length  for  a  comfortable  stay  and  for  extra  curricular  activities. It was only later that I realized that...

It was this  sleepy  town Besanco, and  Bouloe Campus  and  Language Centre  that  equipped me with the necesary  expertise in French Language  and made me feel confident that  I can overcome the  Language  Barrier  that  once seemed insurmountable!  I am deeply  indebted to  French Government  authorities fo...

French authorities  deserve praise for providing all  possible amenities to  make life of Foreign students  enjoyable  and  for academic pursuits  and Besancon University Campus  was beautifully  planned to  help students  to  prusue their dreams. The visit to  Dijon  the  Gastronomic capital  of  France  and...

It  was a indeed a  great  relief  that  student  Organizations CROUS&CIES  had  planned  short  guided tours  for  residents  of Bouloe Campus to  familiarize them with French  way of  Life and French  History  and French  Cuisine  etc  and  the  fares charged for  such &nbs...

University Campus  at Besancon  appeared to be  a model  university campus  with  facilities  not only for academic pursuits  but  also  for various types of  sports and  games and  personality  deveopment of  student  community too   

I  found it  mentally  tough to  adapt to  new  student  life  in a  foreign  land  and there  were  times when I thought  whether  I should  fly back home, unable to  adjust  to the  strange  food, strange  atmosphere  all around  and to say  say bye  bye for  the &nbs...

I  was  impressed by  the  top class  learning  facilities  available for  students  at the  Language  Learning  Centre  and  the  Bouloe Student  Campus at Besancon  was  one of the  best  equipped, organized and managed  student  campus  that  I  was seeing for the first t...

Bouloe  Student campus at Besancon  appeared to be  extremely  well planned  with an  eye on  all  needs of  the students  and Trainees  and with all sorts of facilities  for  recreation  and  personality  development  

The  6-7  hour  train journey, from Paris to Besancon, thanks to generous  support  from the  fellow passenger and  intellectual Mark had  eliminated  the  fear of boredom of travelling along in a  foreign land , But  did tax my frail  45 KG something  body  and  I  was  craving to  eat something  a...

I  was  really fortunate to  have  company  of  a really friendly  and conversation -loving Frenchman  for the  Train Journey to  Besancon and  I felt  that  without his enjoyable   company, the long journey  would  have  been  a real bore too!

While I  was  admiring  and enjoying the  wonderful  facilities  and comforts of the first  ever  train journey , it  was a pleasant  surprise  to  have the company of  a  French  Intellectual who ventured  to get  introduced  and to engage in an absorbing chat  helping me  to fight the Boredom of a...

As  scheduled, I  was to  reach  Besancon  , the  border  town  between France & Switzerland for the  Intensive French Language Course, and looking forward to the First Ever  Train Journey in France  with  excitement  like a  child  on a  picnic trip. The  train  journey   was  exhilarating...

Having got the  taste of  an  entirely  different  and  technologically  superior  life  in Paris Metropolis for 2 days , I was  eager and feeling nostalgic  to have  a  taste of Indian way  of  life  while making my way  in  the  underground  train journey to Cite Universitaire Campus  and it...

The encounter  with the automatic photo studio  machine  and automatic  coin delivery machine were once in a life time  experiences and the totally un-solicited  and spontaneous  offer of  support  from a  Kenyan Student, Freddie  another scholarrship holder like me at CIES  headquarters have left a memory  that will  stay with...

After  the  fantastic  initiation  of  Paris Metro Travel and unbelievable  visit to  Eiffel Tower the previous night, it was time to get  to  business and to get initiated to life  of  a  student  and as a researcher  and all  events  appeared  to be planned  to perfection  like a  well-oiled machi...

The first  ever  taste  of  Journey  in Paris  Underground  Train  network  and  Discovering the Magic of Eiffel Tower, the show-piece of Paris Delights 

The French Government and  scholarship  handling  authorities  had kept their  promise  and the welcome of the  scholarship holders  as  State Guests  was delightfully  professional! My  journey  in the new world  had begun like the proverbial  character  "Ittiyaraanan" in the  great Hindu Epic " Bhagawatham" too!

I was  compelled  to  Bow Many Times  to salute   the  Technological  Vision & Genius  of  Wright  Brothers while relishing   the  Magical  Air  Travel  

An exotic and hair-raising experience in the first ever air travel to a foreign land.

Though a  village pumpkin not  aware of so many intricate   formalities  required  for  travel  to a  foreign  country, I  received  unbelievable help from my  friends  as  well as  divine  help and made  the seemingly  overwhelming task a  ride in the park. Please lend me your  ears  to &...

This is the  beginning of  the  cyber  podcast journey  of " 8  years in Paris"   that I plan to  share  with my listeners all over the world and detail how  the  journey of past  50  years  was  full of  obstacles  and to explain how  I was  able to tide over the  thorns  and  b...

In this episode I delve into the reasons for podcasting and explain why I ventured into this cyber journey. Hope this inspires millions of youth to reach the stars and achieve their dreams.