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Ceylon

31 July 202031 July 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

To Dom and his company Six lances Six

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

Environment Territories Poetry

Charles de Foucauld: An Explorer Till The End of His Path

16 June 202016 June 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

I rarely talk about my family. But the Vatican City’s announcement on Thursday May 28th of the canonization of Charles

Territories Poetry

We will tread these forests fields

27 May 20207 June 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

We will tread these forests fields Responding with simple whispers At the crunching sound of leaves. We will talk about

Arts/Shows Education Territories Poetry

Dialogue with Prithwindra MUKHERJEE – The Cultural Shock (end of 1966)

25 May 202026 May 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

Bertrand de Foucauld: “Can you share with us happy moments once arrived in France?” Prithwindra Mukherjee: “At the end of

Arts/Shows Territories Poetry

“Bâghâ Jatîn”: J. N. Mukherjee, the Tiger, precursor of Gandhi

15 May 20207 June 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

Bertrand de Foucauld: “Dear Contrib’Citizen, today you will find an epic poem about a character who preceded Ghandi: the revolutionary

Arts/Shows Education Territories Poetry

Dialogue with Prithwindra MUKHERJEE – The Arrival in France

13 May 20207 June 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

Bertrand de Foucauld: “You arrived in France in 1966.” Prithwindra Mukherjee: “At the time, many people were interested in Indian

Arts/Shows Education Territories Poetry

Dialogue with Prithwindra MUKHERJEE – The âshram in Pondicherry & the European Influence

13 May 20207 June 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

Bertrand de Foucauld: “Why were you put in a school (âshram) located more than 1,800 km from the parental home?

Arts/Shows Education Territories Poetry

Dialogue with Prithwindra MUKHERJEE – Childhood

7 May 20207 June 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

Bertrand de Foucauld: “Prithwindra, you were born in Calculta in 1936. At what age did your parents put you in

Arts/Shows Education Territories Poetry

From Calcutta to Paris: Prithwindra Mukherjee, the Multi-Dimensions Man

5 May 20207 June 2020 Bertrand de Foucauld 0 Comments

Living in the French capital for more than half a century, Prithwindra kept my attention both by his intellectual capacity,

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Dear Contrib’Citizens,

After having explored, at least at a shallow depth, the more or less brackish waters of politics in the Yvelines (west of the Ile-de-France region), I propose to gain altitude and breath a different air. Let’s move from the local level to that of our continent, Europe, to see how Europe has influenced our daily lives, and continues to do so. By traveling quickly through time, from the France of Louis XIV, which enjoyed the status of the first demographic power of the old continent in the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries, to the European Union of today, we will see how French centralization of the past could begin to retreat and give way to a better distribution of the territorial tensions on France. We have to go through this territorial balancing, proposed (consciously or not) by the EU, for a more harmonious development both from an economic, social and environmental point of view.

In the following articles, as promised despite very rich news (which will perhaps lead us to make a few trips back and forth to the Ile-de-France region), we will discuss about the territorial margins of France, I mean the islands, and we will travel, for example, to Hoedic, Houat and Belle-Ile. These isolated lands, even when they are only about ten nautical miles from the mainland, are surrounded by a natural element (the sea) considered hostile by both geographers and sailors. But they are strategically important in the development of the maritime domain of France or otherwise called the Exclusive Economic Zone (200 nautical miles from the shore): the second largest in the world (11 million km²) just after that of the USA (11.4 million km²). These islands can also serve as witnesses to our will and ability to decentralize our country. If we are able to develop our near or far islands, then we will show that we can truly create, finally, a balanced partnership between the different French poles not only in the overseas territories but also within the hexagon.

Your comments are, as always, welcome and, in case you also wish to write an article or share your testimonial, please do not hesitate to contact the site.

I wish you a safe journey through time and space.

Bertrand de Foucauld