Though  I  was  feeling excited  at the prospect of  seeing a new  country  in Europe  other than Paris & France, I had not  bargained for  the  totally unexpected  and un-welcoming  attitude  of  border  guards  and  immigration  controls viewing  indians as  unwelcome  guests!

The processing of visa papers  for Indian  students  during the period  between 1975  and  1983  were  not  without the  share of the  problems  and  vicissitudes  since having label of a  poor nation  was like an albtaross round the neck  for  indians  to  travel  to  countries of  their  choice!

Summer months  can be  really rewarding  for  cash strapped  foreign students  and  opens  up job opportunities  albeit for  3  months! However  restrictions  of entry visas  and  exit visas for foreign  students  from  so-called  poor countries  was a harsh reminder  that  this  world  is  for the rich  and  not for the poor!

Though I  was  able to be one  of  the  Top Five  performers  in the  DEA or Master  Degree  Examination  of  Reproductive  Biology  Scheme of  Paris University, I  was disappointed or  dejected to  learn that  being a  foreigner  excluded me  from  the List of  Scholarship Award of  Paris University ! Equality has different  meanings, Perhaps?

In the meet-ups  we  cried our  heart out to  address so  many  ills  of Indian society  and  concluded  that  unless we had a really transparent  and powerful democracy  without loop-holes, the country  could be  wrecked  by power-hungry selfish  and  loot-oriented and  corrupt   demagogues and  vested  interests 

The meet -ups of indian  students  in the cite  campus  was  really  an occasion that  most participants  seemed to  enjoy  greatly though most of the participants  were  certain  that such  discussions  or  debates  aimed  to  enlighten  and  educate  and  inform  the  millions of  indian  public will be just lines drawn on  water 

It  did shock  me  tremendously  that  even an  atheist  Existentialist  Guru shared  some  private  thoughts  that 99.99 % followers or fans  will have  difficulty  to Digest!  

It  was  once in a life time  opportunity  to  have  a one to one chat with a  world famous  personality and  protagonist of  "Existentialism" Theory ,Mr Jean Paul Sartre , in the premises of the  French  Student  Hostel  in  Cite  Campus  and  his confidential confessions  really  shocked me greatly  too  

The  students  and residents  of  Cite  Campus  at Cite  Universitaire  can consider  themselves  to  be  blessed  since the  authorities  were  visionary  and  far sighted and professional to  take into account  all  the curricular  and  extra curricular  needs of the  residents  and  to provide  necessary  support facilities  to  enable the  aspirants  to  realize their  aims  and  dreams  too 

I am not  sure whether  there is  any other  student  campus in the world  other than Paris  Cite Campus  that  offers such  varied  educational  and  cultural  and  personality  development  and sports  facilities  for  students  at  such a  bargain  price!