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Dijon
The first time I heard it, I roared with laughter (maybe only the French will find it funny but still):"hey can you pass me the Dijon please?"The what?? Ahhhhhhhhhhh! The mustard of Dijon!! So this is...
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The world according to the Indians and the French!
Click on the pics to see them bigger.So good!How Indians see the world… (Don’t be surprised, France doesn’t even exist! When I am asked in a train or something, it usually goes:Vich country mam?France...
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At some point, you need to let it go...
Picture taken on the flight from Delhi to Mumbai.
View ArticleTo finish with my bed sheet stories…
I have noticed that 2 out of 3 hotels – the hotels fancy enough to have AC and thus a (puff) quilt – that the quilt is the other way around. The opening is next to the pillow. Nothing dramatic here but...
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"The Pakistani Veenam Malik shows you how to throw a grenade!"
The photo on FHM India website on December 15th (apparently changed on 7th). The initial picture on FHM India website early December (and on the paper print). I have to say, nothing will stop...
View ArticlePut some oil!
A colleague of minerecentlywent to Francefor the first time.At the end ofhis training hewas offereda bottleof olive oil.Me: Ohnicegift! Have youused it? (Doubting buthe would not knowwhat todo with...
View ArticleThe Delhi monkeys
This story has nothing to do with real facts. Any resemblance to persons having existed was fortuitous. Imagine a dozen Indians, who left their native land the time of a weekend in the French Alps....
View ArticleI sweat, you sweat, he sweats, we sweat etc.
Conversation with a faithful (French) reader somewhat hygiene-maniac ;) Me: It's cool, the rain has arrived in Delhi, temperatures have dropped, we lost 15 degrees... Him: Regarding temperatures I...
View ArticleCooking bananas...
It has been a long time since I posted one of the fabulous exchanges of Ask The Sexpert from Mumbai Mirror. This one dates back November 19th 2012:Question: “I am 19 years old and my husband is 32. We...
View ArticleHow to make an ayurvedic massage successful
When I arrived in India I could not stand massages. But since only fools don’t change their minds, I learned to appreciate them... So… the recipe for a successful ayurvedic massage is: fresh...
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THE Indian snap
India is not all about poor people smiling…… It is also about poor people who don't smile.Ah? Bad taste? Sorry!
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Before-after (India)
See what India can do to you if you are not careful!!BeforeAfterPuppets in a market in Jaipur
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Yo granma!
Aren’t they stylish these Indian grannies who visit the City Palace in Jaipur?
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Disembarking
The challenge when ypi live in India is to find a meaning to the multitude of inconsistencies you encounter every day. There are times when there is one (meaning) and there are times when there is...
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White versus Black
Beware: in India, to satisfy the taste buds deformed by spices, pepper and salt are reversed! I who hate pepper got f... so many times...And I still do given that sometimes there are pranksters who...
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Tell me how you drive I'll tell you who you are...
Being stuck in traffic in India leaves you a lot of time to think… So the other day I was wondering whether they could be a link with the way people drive and who they are. Of course it would involve...
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Just to make you dream...
It does make you dream doesn't it? (PS: rêve means dream in French) Construction on the streets of Mumbai. For some reason, Indians love to give French names to their buildings, may look fancy, even...
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