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  • Krafff : une soirée de danse, marionnette et théâtre.

    Les amateurs du théâtre et de la danse à Bangalore ont eu une expérience insolite le week-end dernier. L’Alliance Française de Bangalore et Rang Shankara (théâtre renommé au sud du Silicon Valley de l’Inde) ont accueilli Krafff, un groupe de théâtre et danse. Mise en scène par Johanny Bert, le…

  • Ganpati Visarjan Bengaluru Style !

    Born and brought up in Bombay, I am no stranger to Ganpati visarjans. We lived close to the beach and I was familiar with the chaotic madness, frenetic beating of the dhols accompanied by loud music blaring from the speakers and the huge idols of the visarjan processions. I grew…

  • Gourmand Geets : Ants Café

    I first heard about Ants Café from an acquaintance, who said that it was a cool place to chill out on a weekend, adding that it was a Northeast Indian joint. So when my friend and I decided to head there one rainy evening, it was to sample Northeast Indian…

  • Book Review : Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict

    “…my entrée to Austen was via Colin Firth prancing around in tight pants for the BBC. “ I couldn’t help but identify with Courtney Stone, the main character of Laurie Viera Rigler’s “Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict.” It wasn’t till I discovered the BBC version of Pride and Prejudice and…

  • Comic Con Express 2012 : Bengaluru

    Ever since I first read about Comic Con on Twitter, I’ve wanted to attend one. Comic Con came to India in 2011 and was organized in Delhi in 2011 by Twenty Onwards Media. Comic Con Express is the travelling version of Comic Con India. Its first stop was in Bombay in November…

  • Book Review : Girl With A Pearl Earring

    A student handed this book to me last weekend after a discussion about art and novels inspired by art works during the previous weekend class, asking me to read it. The minute I saw the cover, I knew that this would be one of those books I would not be…

  • Gourmand Geets : Onam Sadhya at Enté Keralam

    A restaurant I had passed often on my way to my corporate class or after shopping at 1 MG, Ente Keralam has been on my “to eat at” list for a while now. So when my friend showed me the advertisement for the Onam Sadhya special at Ente Keralam I…

  • Les bouquinistes de Bangalore

    J’adore des livres. Mon rêve, c’est d’avoir une maison où une salle serait la bibliothèque. Une grande salle dans laquelle il y a une fenêtre qui donne sur un jardin et dont les autres murs sont couverts de livres. Bien évidemment j’aime des librairies. Un après-midi passé dans une librairie,…

  • Gourmand Geets : Experiments with Salads

    Some days ago, an old school friend posted on Facebook that she used to be a thin girl. I couldn’t help but empathise. I used to be a VERY thin girl and never imagined that I would ever have to control my foodie urges. (let’s ignore the fact that I…

  • Gourmand Geets : Secret Garden

    I heard about this restaurant from one of my first blogger friends  (somebody with whom I have still not been out for lunch/dinner, even after being in this city for a year!). A charming restaurant that serves French cuisine, a stone’s throw from the Alliance Française de Bangalore.  How could…

  • Bilan : Formation pour créer les activités interactives et les séquences pédagogiques pour La Salle des Profs, réseau social pour des professeurs du FLE en Inde

    Tout le monde sait bien que je suis une étudiante éternelle et que j’adore aller pour des stages, découvrir des nouvelles stratégies d’enseignement et surtout échanger des idées avec des autres profs. Donc quand j’ai eu l’opportunité de participer à cette formation pour l’équipe de modérateurs et contributeurs du réseau…

  • Book Review : The Story Catcher

    When my friend first posted about this book on Facebook, I simply “liked” the post. Every Tim, Dick and Harry was publishing a book these days. All you needed was a contact in the right place. Barely five minutes later, I was back on her post. The Seshan family as…