Quotes by Francois Gautier

• 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.
• The West remains obsessed by the caste system.
• 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.
• Being married to a daughter of India is a natural complement of my being in this country for 30 years. My roots are very much in this country, even though I remain a Westerner.
• I have an interest in spirituality, and it opens up so many different areas of Indian life.
• I have no intention of going back to France, except for yearly visits to meet my family.