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Cooking secrets from Apollonia Poilâne in a to do book

24 December 202024 December 2020 Christophe Baillat 0 Comments Apollonia Poilâne, Bièvres, book

P, P, P, P, P, … So many Poilâne [say it ‘pwah-lahn’] breads have been coming out of the ovens

Daily Life Environment

Which Future For The Farmers’ Policy? (India & France/Europe. Part 2)

11 December 202015 December 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

The Indian farmers’ middle men demonstration, which happened in New Delhi in the beginning of December, questions the place of

Daily Life Environment

Which Future For The Farmers’ Policy? – (India. Part 1)

8 December 202014 December 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

By Prof. Dr. Er. Devendra Swaroop Bhargava (Formerly with IIT at Roorkee and Kanpur, AIT at Bangkok, Central Pollution Control

Daily Life

Transparency of public life: Jouy’s opposition quotes contrib.city!

23 November 202023 November 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

In the booklet “Le mot du Maire” (“Mayor’s Word”) posted on the 20th November 2020, the opposition returns to one

Daily Life Planning

The Paris Anachronism: Housing

26 June 202027 June 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

In the context of the second round of the French municipal elections, and in the light of the debate on

Daily Life Territories Poetry

Prologue – Itinerary of a Teachers’ Son

22 June 202023 June 2020 Christophe Baillat 0 Comments

Saint-Girons is surrounded by mountains, the Arièges-Pyrénées. This is where my father is. We should have joined him, isolation during

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Dear Contrib’Citizens,

Since the dawn of time, people have celebrated light. The Hellenes worshiped Helios, the sun. The Romans celebrated Mithras, an Indo-Iranian deity representing the truth, during the winter solstice, the time from which the days start to lengthen. Finally, around 354 AD, the Emperor Constantine transposed the Latin feast of December 25th to that of the birth of Christ, Light of the nations according to the Bible.

In its modest measure, Contrib’City highlights possible solutions, whether in distant countries such as India – with which we share common roots – or more locally in the Paris region, or even in Jouy-en-Josas. In this Paris Region small town, behind its “calm village” aspect, important debates are going to play out. The themes of the latters, such as the right of voters to know the hidden face of public life, may play a role on a larger scale. Let us not forget that, according to Transparency International, France still has progress to make in terms of public life visibility, compared to its Scandinavian or German neighbors.

As in Bethlehem, according to the Christian tradition, or in each of our homeplaces, Contrib’City, to the modest extent of its means, wishes more clarity in public files, and in general, in the life of our neighborhoods or villages.

In the meantime, I would like to thank the several thousand readers, present in several countries, who regularly follow the site.

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Bertrand de Foucauld