Eight Years in Paris

Francois, my guide was not only a good story-teller but seemed to be an expert in his profession as a travel guide and offering his services for a cheap price too!

Francois, the bi-lingual tour guide was adept in his profession and his story telling was much to my liking too!

Thankfully I was able to use the affordable services of a French Guide named Francois who was adept in both French&English Language to explore the Tuilery Garden & seemed to have a good grasp of French History too

Mohallal, my Egyptian Friend proved during the journey to place de la Concorde that he was a student of Egyptian Hitsory too

The explorative discovery mission on place de la concorde or concord Square evoked memories of "Law of Karma" that humen beings, however mighty or great may have to endure in their life or lives!

Visit of Place de La Concorde or famous Concord Square of Paris was deeply emotional experience & felt that French Revolution was a learning experience for the world as a whole, to fight anti-people rulers and dictators all over the world too

Arc de Triomphe and surroundings are awesome and testimony of the Grand Vision of the previous rulers, notably Napoleon Bonaparte and certificate of his Farsight & Vision Too

Visit to Marine Museum in particular was a cathartic experience and made me feel how might & powerful have trampled the helpless & powerless millions for the past 2000 Years!

The Musee de L'Homme or Humanity Museum, Musee Guimet or Guimet Museum & Swan's island have added glamour to Eiffel Tower& Trocadero as a whole

Tour of Eiffel Tower & surroundings was a memorable experience indeed though I felt that there was a well planned and designed tourism industry revolving around this iconic tower!

Perusal of history of France & Paris is an educative experience for any explorer venturing to discover Paris & France

Though discovery of this wonderful metropolis was delayed by me to wait for accomplishment of the Prestigious Doctorate Degree from University of Paris VI, I was really awe-struck to get to know the City Delights and was having the mind of a glutton having the luxury of being able to taste an amazing array of tasty food items all of a sudden!

Mrs Challier was eloquent in detailing the various measures that her consumer protection association and movement was offering to the aggrieved consumers and providing a safety shield for public from potential deficiency of services in daily life.

While discussing about the active consumer movemet in France as explained by Madam Challier, I felt why indians had not initiated such a strong consumer movement to prevent getting cheated and looted by unscrupulous traders and service providers

After hearing how majority educated voters selectively and religiously kick out bad or corrupt politicians in elections in France , I wished too that my country manages to have a fool-proof democracy and not a half cooked or farcial democracy sooner than later!

In addition to the copious wonderful lunch feast, I was lucky to get educated about the French Political environment prevailing then too

Items such as creamy cheesy bi-valve & paella & accompaniments of white wine, red wine etc prepared by Mrs Challier were simply awesome & out of the world & I felt that I was getting the treatment fit for a King!

It was a pleasant surprise to see that my research supervisor Dr Challier had taken special care to prepare a lunch taking care of my personal likes& dislikes!

I had never dreamed that I can have such a royal welcome to a French Family and to have a glimpse, albeit of short duration, of the life style of a high class or higher middle class way of life in Paris

While accompanying Dr Challier to his residence in his car, I was pleasantly shocked to witness how French Traffic Police are acting so swiftly and promptly to enforce the traffic laws

While travelling to the outskirts of Paris to enjoy the "French Lunch" in house of my thesis supervisor, Dr Challier I was dreaming of the wonderful food items that I will have chance to ingest for the first time as guest of a French family!

MY Joy knew no bounds when the 3 Invited Experts & Judges to evaluate the Quality of my Doctorate Thesis Judged my Research Thesis Work as First Grade with Honours in June 1979 and that was the culmination of my Dream of getting Honoured as a Scientist from one of the Topmost Institutions of the World too

The visit to a keralite family was in many ways an educational "sortie" and revealed many unknown facts of French Life not visible to the outside world!

Though the family of Mr Vijayaraghvan had all the material benefits of French Life , he appeared to be craving badly for Kerala or Indian style social life in this adopted land!

The welcome to the house of Mr Vijayraghavan, a Keralite Teacher whom I had the fortune of meeting at Indian Hostel or Maison de Linde was delightful and evoked intense nostalgia too