The RESTORATION TOOLBOX (part 2) : Inclusion, Diversity, Accessibility Among the many successes of the Restoration Toolbox project has been the quest for the greatest possible inclusiveness, the willingness to diversify the target audiences, and the desire to make its accessibility to as many people as possible a decisive criterion. This is why the very […]
This month of August has been a month of fire and water, heat waves in France and torrential rains in India; but August is also an intermediate, pivotal month: the academic year has ended, and before starting a new one, a review is necessary. It is a positive review on multiple fronts, thanks to the
May at Alliance française de Delhi As was the case with March, the Alliance Française May calendar was centred around a pivotal date, the 17th: International Day Against Homophobia, Lesphobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT). Just as the fight against discrimination against women is obviously not limited to March, the 8th but must be the subject
Diversité linguistique et Universalité des Droits Le mois de mars à l’Alliance est traditionnellement articulé autour de deux dates majeures : la Journée Internationale des Droits des Femmes, le 8, et la Journée Internationale de la Francophonie, le 20. Nous n’avons pas cette année dérogé à la règle, et avons décidé de célébrer ces deux dates
Bruit, poussière et stratégie culturelle Février à l’Alliance française a été placé sous le signe du bruit et de la poussière, et avant toute chose je me dois de remercier les employés de l’Alliance et surtout, surtout les étudiants pour leur patience et leur compréhension. En effet, nous avons entamé des travaux longtemps attendus pour la
Holocaust Remembrance Day Holocaust Remembrance Day, commemorated on the 27th January, provided us with an opportunity to turn our minds to the tragedy of the genocide that occurred during World War II, and to mourn the millions of innocent lives that were lost, victims of the barbaric Nazi regime. It is also the occasion to
Silence In February The first lockdown and the following restrictions due to the pandemic last year had at least one unforeseen positive consequence: a drastic reduction in air pollution, with less cars on Delhi’s streets, less construction work and more people working from home -and let’s hope that this positive effect will give the Government
Smriti Irani, Minister of Women and Child Development of India with other delegates during the virtual commemoration on the International Holocaust Remembrance Day January, as first month of the year, sees the first of the many commemorations that mark our shared human experience. Not least amongst them, falling on the 27th, is the official commemoration
A Particular Year It has been just over a year since I arrived in Delhi. When I was finally able to go to the Alliance, after two weeks quarantine, and meet the staff who worked there for the very first time I found that though these were people who had suffered or were still suffering
Among The Waves – Ivan Aivazovsky For the last three months, I haven’t written any text for the Blog “From the Director’s desk”. I haven’t felt like it. I spent most of my free time reading and checking the news in French and Indian newspapers, wondering, where are we heading. We, as an institution –the