François Gautier

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François Gautier, born 1950 in Paris, is a writer and journalist based in India. He came to India at the age of 19 and spent his first eight years in Auroville [1]India at the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry. He has been living in India since the 70's and is married to an Indian. He shuttles between the international city of Auroville and New Delhi.

He has covered major developments in the South Asian region. He was there in Kashmir at the height of militancy covering the valley. He was there at the 600-year-old wooden shrine Charar e sharif in Srinagar covering it when it was burnt by the fundamentalists as a result of Islamic terrorism. He traveled to Kashmir, North east India and other areas in south asia like no other. His contributions to Indology are the books like Rewriting Indian History [1] which read India from a different perspective. He studied the country from a journalist’s viewpoint as political correspondent for international newspapers like Le Figaro and Le Journal de Geneve and Ouest-France, a provincial daily with the largest circulation in France, and for LCI, France's 24 hour TV news channel. Francois, wrote extensively for the “Ferengi’s Column” in the Indian Express and the “French Connection” column in the Pioneer which were very popular columns and contributes regularly to [Rediff.com]link rediff. He is currently working as Editor in Chief [[[La Revue de l'Inde]]][2].

He is a staunch supporter of Hindu nationalist movements and has written many books on Hinduism, Indian politics and Hindutva. Among his books are "Un autre Regard sur l'Inde" (Editions du Tricorne, Geneva-Paris)[2] ; "Arise O India" (Har Anand 1999)[3], "Cry O my bloved India" [4]"A Western journalist on India" (Har-Anand 2001), "India's Self Denial (Editions Auroville Press, 2001)[5] and "Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a guru of Joy" (India Today Book Club, 2002)[6].

He leads [[[FACT]]][3] (Foundation Against Continued Terrorism)[7] [8], an organization which highlights the plight of terror victims in Kashmir[9] and Bangladesh[10] He founded the organisation with money he got from Nachiketa the Journalism prize awarded to him by the then Prime Minister of India Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee on behalf of the Government of India.

After his services as South Asia Correspondent of Le Figaro were terminated in June 2000, the Cour d' Appel de Paris ordered restoration of the work contract and payment of compensation. Gautier explained his dismissal as a consequence of his "pro-Hindu image", saying the editors believe "I have turned native. Mine is a lonely battle."[11] Mr Gautier taught journalism part-time at [Sri Sri center for media studies] SSCMSan institute run by the Art of Living Foundation a school that was a brain child of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar in Bangalore.


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  1. ^ http://www.francoisgautier.com/Written%20Material/Rewriting%20Indian%20History.doc
  2. ^ http://www.francoisgautier.com/Written%20Material/GROUPES.rtf
  3. ^ Amazon.com: Arise Again O India: Francois Gautier: Books
  4. ^ http://www.francoisgautier.com/Written%20Material/GROUPED.doc
  5. ^ http://www.francoisgautier.com/Written%20Material/Cultural.doc
  6. ^ Amazon.com: Guru of Joy: Sri Sri Ravi Shankar and The Art of Living: Francois Gautier: Books
  7. ^ Looking back at history The Hindu - Feb 16, 2007, 2003
  8. ^ The truth about Aurangzeb Rediff - February 16, 2007
  9. ^ Kashmir exhibition -FACT exhibition
  10. ^ FACT Bangladesh Exhibition - FACT
  11. ^ Outlook


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