Francophonie Week 07'

C'est la semaine de la Francophonie et l'ambassade est aussi la a s'occuper de certains evenements avec les autres ambassades francophones. Il y a un peu de travail mais tout va bien.
Les jours passent tellement vite et cela fait deja sept mois que nous sommes a Delhi, INCREDIBLE INDIA. Nous avons commence a connaitre notre petit magasin, le marche et aussi les amis, et le weekend, nous rendons visite aux differents restaurants de Delhi. Bien que Delhi aie beaucoup plus de restaurant compare a Abuja.....mais Abuja nous manque aussi enormement!! Mais cet ete, tous nos amis serons partir d'Abuja donc peut-etre qu'il est temps de tourner la page.

Le climat a change radicalement a Delhi....il fait vraiment chaud aujourd'hui quand hier il faisait encore frais. On s'habitude...hahaha!!! Laurent n'est pas vraiment content avec moi aujourd'hui car je lui ai courru derriere en lui demandant de mettre l'air conditione. Il commence vraiment a faire chaud. On bouge un peu.....il y a les transpirations qui sortent aussi vite mais heureusement qu'il n'y a pas d'odeur comme les locaux.......hahaha.

Laurent comme toujours est trop occupe et cela lui plait de faire ce qu'il doit faire....heureusement pour lui!! Quant a Meenz, elle va a gauche a droit avec ses copines pour manger......,decouvrir des nouveaux magasins et la plupart du temps elle ne fait que de papoter pendant toute la journee avec ses copines.

Big kiss from NDH
Gros becs de NDH

Sightseeing in Delhi ~ Red Fort

It takes 45 minutes to 1 hour to reach the Red Fort from Chanakyapuri and of course it depends also on the traffic. But this part of Delhi is always busy for example on the opposite of the Red Fort, there are so many small shops selling all type of things and it makes us wondering that which part of India that doesn't have a shop or people around??

HISTORY
The Red Fort was the place for Shah Jahan's new capital, SHAHJAHANABAD, the seventh muslim city in the Delhi site. He moved his capital from Agra in a more designed to bring prestige to his reign, and to provide ample opportunity to apply edge of Shahjahanabad, and gets its name from massive wall of the red sandstone that defines its eight sides. The wall is 2.5km long and varies in height from 16m on the river side to 33m towards the city. Measurements have shown that the plan was generated using a square grid of 82m.

The fort lies along what was once the course of the Jamuna river (it has since changed its course), that fed the moats that surround most of the wall. The wall of its northeastern corner as adjacent to an order fort, the Salimgarh, a defense built by Islam Shah Sur in 1546.

The Red Fort was conceived as a whole subsequent modifications have not taken away from the overall unity of the scheme. In 18th century, however occupiers and looters damaged some sections of the palace. After the Sepoy mutiny of 1857, when the fort was used as a headquarters, the British army occupied and destroyed many of its pavilions and gardens. A program for restoring the surviving parts of the fort began in 1903.

Big kiss from Ndh
Gros becs de Ndh

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all of you who celebrate their birthdays this month. Enjoy and have fun!!

Bon anniversaire a tous ce qui fetent leur anniversaire ce mois. Amusez vous bien!!

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Sightseeing in Delhi ~ Qutub Minar

Qutub Minar is situated in Old Delhi City and takes 45 minutes from where we are staying. After 6 months that we settled down in Delhi, finally we have time to get to know Delhi by visiting the monuments and also the museums. Well, we started with Qutub Minar.

In 1199, Qutub-Ud-Din raised the Qutub Minar either as a victory tower or as a minaret to adjacent mosque. However, only the first storey was completed by Qutub-Ud-Din. The other stories were built by his successor and son-in-law, IItumish (1211-36 AD). The cicular stories in white marble were built by Firozshah Tughlaq in 1368, who used marble to face the redstone. From a base of 14.32m it tapers to 2.75m at a height of 72.5m. Its a red sandstone tower covered with beautiful and striking carvings and is inscribed with verses from the holy Quran. Its projecting balconies with inscriptional decorative bands on different storeys heighten its decorative effect. With a height of 72.5m and 379 steps, it is the highest stone tower in India, as well as one of the finest Islamic structures ever raised and Delhi's recognised landmark.

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HAPPY HOLI...04 March 2007!!

Holi is the most colourful festival of the Hindus and falls on the full moon day in the month of Phalgun according to the Hindu Calendar which is the month of March as per the Gregorian Calendar. This Holi festival has many elements of primitive and prolific rites and reveries that have defied civilisation and prudery. During the three days of the festival, particularly the whole country, towns, cities and villages ~ go gay with merry makers, streets, parks, public places are crowded with people, daubed in diverse colours, looking funny and ridiculous. Children and youngsters vie with each other in being original and use fast and sticky colours. It is all a mirthful abandon for them.

This festival of joy, mirth and buoyancy is celebrated when both Man and Nature cast off their winter gloom. Holi heralds the arrival of SPRING ~ the season of hope and new beginnings and marks the rekindling of the spirit of life.

Happy Holi from NDH
Joyeuse Holi de NDH