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.

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.

More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.

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

I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but I never really fitted in the system and revolted against it quite early.

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

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