While discussing about the active consumer movemet in France as explained by Madam Challier, I felt why indians had not initiated such a strong consumer movement to prevent getting cheated and looted by unscrupulous traders and service providers

After hearing how majority educated voters selectively and religiously kick out bad or corrupt politicians in elections in France , I wished too that my country manages to have a fool-proof democracy and not a half cooked or farcial democracy sooner than later!

In addition to the copious wonderful lunch feast, I was lucky to get educated about the French Political environment prevailing then too

Items such as creamy cheesy bi-valve & paella & accompaniments of white wine, red wine etc prepared by Mrs Challier were simply awesome & out of the world & I felt that I was getting the treatment fit for a King!

It was a pleasant surprise to see that my research supervisor Dr Challier had taken special care to prepare a lunch taking care of my personal likes& dislikes!

I had never dreamed that I can have such a royal welcome to a French Family and to have a glimpse, albeit of short duration, of the life style of a high class or higher middle class way of life in Paris

While accompanying Dr Challier to his residence in his car, I was pleasantly shocked to witness how French Traffic Police are acting so swiftly and promptly to enforce the traffic laws

While travelling to the outskirts of Paris to enjoy the "French Lunch" in house of my thesis supervisor, Dr Challier I was dreaming of the wonderful food items that I will have chance to ingest for the first time as guest of a French family!

MY Joy knew no bounds when the 3 Invited Experts & Judges to evaluate the Quality of my Doctorate Thesis Judged my Research Thesis Work as First Grade with Honours in June 1979 and that was the culmination of my Dream of getting Honoured as a Scientist from one of the Topmost Institutions of the World too

The visit to a keralite family was in many ways an educational "sortie" and revealed many unknown facts of French Life not visible to the outside world!