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An evening with Akash Kapur and William Dalrymple. 17th October at AFP Auditorium in Suffren Street, 19.00h
Here the full cultural program at Alliance Française Pondicherry for October 2014:
The French Volunteer Day and the launch of “EspaceVolontaires” in South India
On October 1, we are proud to host the French Volunteer Day and the launch of “Espace Volontaires” in South India. This indeed has already been endorsed by sending volunteers from the association France Volontaires to the Alliance française de Pondichéry under its youth international solidarity mission, which has been an ever growing partnership between the two institutions. Therefore, right from 1st October, the Alliance will open a new branch office of France Volontaires inits Maison Colombani premises. This office will aim to bring together the various volunteering agents in South India and become a focal point for sharing information and by linking various NGOs in the field with volunteers present and available in office. 1st October will be partly dedicated to the French Volunteer Day with exchanges, discussions and debates on key issues, and also with the launch of the new branch office of France Volontaires based at the Alliance française de Pondichéry. A friendly day under the stamp of solidarity!
1st October, AFP auditorium 15h30
Cinema
Our film programme will continue to commemorate the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War with the screening the Apocalypse, the First World War series. Five documentaries with hitherto unreleased colorized images will be shown, providing a realistic and educational approach of the horrors of the “war to end all wars”. The cycle will conclude with a screening of Captain Conan,the legendary film by Bertrand Tavernier, set in one of the least well-known theatres of operations of the Great War, the Eastern front.
Each Sunday of the month at 18.00h, AFP Auditorium.
Photo Exhibition
As part of the launch of the partnership between the Alliance française de Pondichéry and the Association France Volontaires, you are invited to discover «Volunteers across the world », a beautiful photographic exhibition showing the various facets of solidarity today. Blending culture and solidarity, this exhibition showcases the newly woven ties between the two structures.
3rd to 24th October at Maison Colombani, 9.00h to 19.00h
Literature
An evening with Akash Kapur and William Dalrymple.
Both writers give you an appointment for a literary evening combining knowledge of Indian history, analysis of the present and visions of the future of this great country. Return of a King: The Battle for Afghanistan, by William Dalrymple and India Becoming: A Portait of Life in Modern India, by Akash Kapur, have just been published in French. A wonderful opportunity to attend what promises to be an exciting exchange between the most popular British expert on South Asian History and one of the finest talents in contemporary Indian Literature, hailing from Pondicherry.
17th October at AFP Auditorium in Suffren Street, 19.00h
Pedagogy
AF French Courses: Registration begins for the 4th Session 2014:
from September to October 25, 2014
