SoCultures Magazine 2018 Vol 1 | Page 15

SoCultures October 2018 India & France We hardly consider the creative talents of youngsters. India produces a very large chunk of engineering graduates but only two percent engineers get highly placed jobs.” Explore! Explore! Explore! How to create a balance between the past and the future? “Explore and recognize your skills, give them a chance and seek the opportunities. When we talk of the past it’s with lots of respect. The key is to not reject the past, but create it again, innovate and view in the contemporary context. The management wisdom of Mahabharata and Ramayana is unparallel.” Why spotlight on cultures is important? “In France, we constantly innovate and experiment with our past, our heritage and cultures. We have industries for books writing to comics to degree courses in video games, performing art industry, designing industry, music-visual art industry, book industry, designing. Everyone knows about the success of Marble comics. In France, only eighty to ninety thousands engineers are made and all of them get jobs.” The youngsters who wish to come to these institutes, training centers, or business administration’s degrees can contact at Campus France https://www.campusfrance.org/en and http://www.ifindia.in/ Bonjour India – How Bonjour India is strengthening the Indo-French friendship? “It celebrates Indo-French friendship. Bonjour India came back with a bang in 2009 in India and by 2013 it grew into bigger and better version with its third edition in 2017-2018. Bonjour India is a four-month long programme and provides a Indo-French partnership platform for enduring partnerships with writers, artists, photographers, etc of both the countries and feature performances and shows. 15 | P a g e