nouvelles de delhi

Locomotive tirant un wagon-restaurant d'apparat Dans un article précédent (novembre 2012), nous avions raconté nos visites aux deux musées des chemins de fer de Pékin . Plus récemment, le 3 décembre 2013, nous avions visité celui de Mysore, en Inde du...

Cela fera demain deux semaines que je suis arrivé à Gurgaon où je vis à l’hôtel. Je devrais y rester encore deux semaines avant d’emménager à Delhi. Notre appartement se situera à Vasant Vihar, dans le sud de la ville, donc non loin de la route qui mène...

Embouteillage à la sortie de Gurgaon (Haryana) sur la route Delhi - Bombay Abstract : Driving a car on Indian roads is certainly not for the faint hearted. Foreigners are usually strongly advised not to drive themselves in India, for good reasons. Roads...

Abstract : Rajasthan is one of the most scenic and attractive Indian states. More arid and less densely populated than the Ganges plain, it has a lot to offer due its long and turbulent history : massive forts, most containing exquisitely carved palaces....

Abstract : the Mewar fort of Khumbalgarh, in Rajasthan, is known for its huge 15th century fort. Its thick walls stretch about 36 km long. Some people argue it is the second longest man-made wall in the world after the Great Wall of China (others say...

Pondichéry : devant l'Alliance française Abstract : France lost its Indian possessions to Britain in 1763 except for five tiny trading spots known as “comptoirs” which it retained from the Napoleonic wars to 1954. Today Pondicherry remains relatively...

Abstract : Mumbai – or Bombay, as it is still widely known despite its official renaming in 1996 – is an impossible city. Contrasts between affluence and abject misery, between serene beauty and sordid ugliness are to be found in every South Asian city,...