Langers La Vie AU Rajputuna: Une Perspective Française (Pays Des Rajas 1720-1860) French

A young man of 18 years old puts himself in difficult situations in a far-off unknown country, a priest based in Agra interests above all in money than conversion his main, religious function, another who disguises himself as farmer, converts himself to Hinduism lives, eats and works with the farmers of the country in order to show the weaknesses of his adopted religion. The travellers and soldiers in the service of the Hindu kings, all together contribute to give a unique definition to the alterity in the marvellous country of rajas that one previously called Rajputana. This is the modern Rajasthan.

This book is an attempt to understand this western ontology (if it existed) for discerning one of the first "original" or western images of the country of rajas. Spread over four chapters, this book presents a part of the doctoral thesis of Asha Pande approved by Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2000.

Asha Pande, honored the Legion National Order of Honour by the President of the French Republic in 2009, received his university and doctoral studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. She received several training fellowships and study in France, particularly at the University of Paris and Dijon. Vice President of International Relations at the University of Rajasthan Jaipur, she teaches French and Francophone literature at the Center for French and Francophone studies. A pioneer of French education in Rajasthan, Founder of Indo French Cultural Society and the French Alliance Jaipur, she works for the advancement of the French academic and cultural levels in 28 years. Container of the prestigious Carolina Foundation Fellowship in Spain in 2004 and Shastri Indo Canadian Fellowship in Canada in 2007, she was honored with the Medal of Honor citation and by the region of Franche Comte in 1995. It is also author of six books and several articles in the newspapers at the National and International level.