Also I have an interest in spirituality and it opens-up so many different areas of Indian life.

Also I have an interest in spirituality and it opens-up so many different areas of Indian life.

I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.

Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in this country for 30 years. My roots are very much in this country, even though I remain a Westerner.

Many live in the ivory tower called reality; they never venture on the open sea of thought.

The West remains obsessed by the caste system.

I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe.