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name: François Gautier
about: François Gautier was born in Paris. In the early eighties, he began freelancing in India for different publications and finally ended-up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based « Journal de Geneve ». In 1993, he switched to Le Figaro, one of France’s leading newspapers for which he worked exclusively for eight years. He was also a regular columnist for Indian newspapers, initially for Blitz Bombay, and later for Hindustan Times, the ‘Ferengi’s column” in the Indian Express, the “French Connection” column in the Pioneer, Rediff, New Indian Express, Dainik Jagran, etc.Gautier is now the editor-in-chief of the Paris-based La Revue de l’Inde and a director of a book collection on India with the same publisher. Along with his François Gautier was born in Paris. In the early eighties, he began freelancing in India for different publications and finally ended-up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based « Journal de Geneve ». In 1993, he switched to Le Figaro, one of France’s leading newspapers for which he worked exclusively for eight years. He was also a regular columnist for Indian newspapers, initially for Blitz Bombay, and later for Hindustan Times, the ‘Ferengi’s column” in the Indian Express, the “French Connection” column in the Pioneer, Rediff, New Indian Express, Dainik Jagran, etc.Gautier is now the editor-in-chief of the Paris-based La Revue de l’Inde and a director of a book collection on India with the same publisher. Along with his wife Namrita, he is also the trustee founder of FACT-India, which does exhibitions and commissions films documenting Human Rights abuse in South Asia. Amongst them: an exhibition on the persecuted minorities of Bangladesh, another one on the plight of Kashmiri Pandits (which was shown to the US Congress in 2005), a film on the trauma of 1947 and another one on the testimonies of the Mumbai train bombings of 2006.La description en français:Ecrivain et journaliste français, François Gautier fut le correspondant en Inde et en Asie du sud du Figaro durant dix ans. Il est l'auteur du livre "Un Autre Regard sur l'Inde" (1999, Editions du Tricorne), pour lequel il fut invité à Bouillon de Culture en mai 2000 (le livre a été réédité trois fois depuis), de "Swami, PDG et moine hindou (Editions J.P. Delville, 2003, 8000 exemplaires vendus), de La Caravane Intérieure (Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2005) et de "Français en Inde" (France Loisirs, 2008). Résidant en Inde depuis 35 ans et marié à une Indienne, François Gautier est aujourd'hui le rédacteur en Chef de la Nouvelle Revue de l'Inde, publiée par les Editions l'Harmattan, et directeur de collection chez le même éditeur. ...more