Francois Gautier
Francois Gautier
François Gautieris a French political writer and journalist based in India, since 1971. He has served as the "South Asian" correspondent for the French-language newspaper Le Figaro...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
CountryFrance
france my-family intention
I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.
class paris catholic
I was born in Paris in 1950. I had a strict upper-class Catholic education but I never really fitted in the system and revolted against it quite early.
different spirituality interest
I have an interest in spirituality, and it opens up so many different areas of Indian life.
west caste-system obsession
The West remains obsessed by the caste system.
writing europe different
I started writing and photographing for different publications and finally ended up being the correspondent in South Asia, for the Geneva-based Journal de Geneve, which at one time used to be one of the best international newspapers in Europe.