The dowry

The dowry means that the bride's family should give some money, jewels, sometimes they also give a bike or a car or some houses to the groom's family. They can give big things like cooking items or some useful things like cupboard...etc

The thali

The "thali" is something precious for all religions. There are lots of designs for Thali according to the caste and generations. The Thali is in gold but before the marriage, the chain is in thread with turmeric and after that they'll change it in gold. In the marriage, the groom put the Thali in the bride's neck and they get married. After the marriage, the bride shouldn't remove the chain.
If she remove the chain, it means that her husband has died.
But now, it's not like that, if you don't want to wear it, they can remove it.




By Sandrine and Shanil

Antony and Cleopatra

I read “Antony and Cleopatra”, this is one of Shakespeare's play. This love story is between Antony and Cleopatra.




Antony married Cleopatra and stayed in Egypt. Antony is one of the three heads of Rome. The other two heads get angry with Antony. After few times, another country attacked Rome, and they lost one part of Rome. Antony came back to Rome because his family died in the battle. And three heads attacked that country and they won. Cleopatra wants to kill herself, at this time her servant send a message to Cleopatra that she went to kill herself. Antony died when he returned to his country. But Cleopatra didn’t want to die so she came back. When she saw Antony's body, she wanted to die so she put the poisoned snake on her body. And they both died. I don’t love it because at the end it finfished sadly. But it is a good love story.

shanil

Ajab Si

Once you see this film and listen to this song, 
you can't take it out of your mind!
I just love Sharu!!!!

The Groom

Who's the Groom?

A bridegroom is a man who will be married or a man who is already married.

In India, a groom is always followed by his friends. A bridegroom wears the dress which suits the ceremony. In Hindu ceremony, the groom wears  light colored jackets with a turban.

The family of the groom arranged the reception like a grand party, the friends and the associates are mainly from the groom side in this ceremony.

The ring ceremony

In India, the ring ceremony is an important one. The bride and the groom both have to make each other wear a ring just to show they are definetly taken!! =) Sometimes, the families play tricks to the newly marieds. Once, I attended a wedding in which the famillies had hidden the rings in a big plate full of yogur and (eatable) rose petals. The lovers had to eat all the yogurt to find the rings.

By Lysa and Vishnou.

Dresses

According to the Indian culture, the bride has to wear a cotton saree which is named " Kurai ".
It is a checky saree made with gold threads.
And the  groom has to wear a silk dhoti with a white dress.
The relatives have to put a gold coin which is attached by a yellow thread on the forehead of the bride and the groom. The couple has to wear a flower garland.

By Kirtika and Yashwanth

Love or Arranged marriage?

There are two types of marriage in India: love marriage, and arranged marriage. The love marriage is when a couple love each other but marry without the blessing of the parents.

The arranged marriage is very traditionnal, the parents chose the couple.

The photo on the left is the marriage of Two popular actors in koolywood (south India). It is an arranged marriage.

There are more love marriage than arranged marriage. 75% of love marriage that finish in divore.

But arranged marriage finish by love.

Divagar and Harini

Ceremony of marriage in india

In South India the ceremony of mariage is called the reception. In India the reception is a very big ceremony, the reception is during the night after the mariage, it's situated in a very beautiful big hall with full of decorations .

In the reception, the bride has to wear a beautiful saree which is very beautiful often red; with nice designs, the groom has to wear a nice white penjabi .

During the reception the friends and the family of the groom and the bride give prizes and gifts to the marriage couple.

After that they go and eat , friends eat first .

Then the family and the married couple eat together.

by Marie-José and M.Wasim

The bride in India

In India, especially in the South, a bride is very well-dressed. During the marriage ceremony, she wears a silk "sari" an indian traditional dress, she has a lot of fresh flowers on her hair and she also wears many gold jewels like necklace, bangles,earrings...(look at the photo), that day, she is the most beautiful and she looks like a princess.Her family has to give dowry to the groom's family so that she's respected by her parents- in- law.During the celebration, the groom puts one gold chain called "tali" on the bride's neck, symbol of the wedding ring in Europe and she has to keep it till her husband is alive.The groom also puts a silver ring on her toe called "metti".

Once the marriage is celebrated, the couple is united for eternity and the bride has to leave her parents and to live with the groom.

By Patrick and Dora

The dowry

The dowry means that the bride's family should give some money, jewels or a car, bike... to the groom's family. They can give useful things like a cupboard, bed...etc or they can provide a land or house;

but the groom's family can stop the wedding if they don't get the dowry. Sometimes, the groom's family doesn't ask for the dowry but if the bride's family is very rich, they give the dowry; if the family is not very rich they give just a necklace or something else.

After the marriage, the couple can build a house if they have had a land as dowry, otherwise they can use the things they have received as a dowry.

They can do whatever they whant with those they have received as a dowry, but generelly the bride keeps it in memory of her family!

By Deephak and Jacqueline!!!

Julius Caesar

This is a wonderful story for me but the play was very long. In this story, there are four main characters like Julius Caesar, Brutus, Mark Antony, Cassius. The play is a bit difficult to read for me because thre are a lot of new words. I love this story because it's a tragedy and the story was so different from roman history and I recommend this book for every one to know more about revenge.

By BARADANE

Much ado about nothing!!!

I have read Much Ado About Nothing. It's a play written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. It's a comedy. I love the end of this story because Benedick and Beatrice get married. Leonato is the father of beatrice. The story takes place in a countryside. The story was a bit difficult to understand because there are too many new words for me. I love this story because this is an comedy and tragedy. I recommend it for boys.

Romeo and Juliet

We have finished our discussion of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet and we also saw the 1968 Franco Zeffirelli film which the students really enjoyed. What are your thoughts on the play so far? Do you think that love at first sight is possible? Is this something that happens rarely or frequently in India?

As you read more of the play, we will be looking forward to your comments.

The Taming of the Shrew

This is one of Shakespeare's play.

I like the story because it is a LOVE story but it is too complicated and there are lots of characters. Everybody can easily be confused so we should be careful!!!

I propose this book to everyone.

The Merchant of Venice

This is a play of Shakespeare . The Merchant of Venice is a comedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1596 and 1598. I don’t like my book because it’s a comedy and a love story and there are lots of confusions with the characters. And it's a bit difficult to understand a play by William Shakespear.

Twelfth Night

This is one of Shakespeare 's plays and it's a comedy story.

Someone good in English can easily understand the situation of this story, but someone who isn't, can't understand it because I think this story is very complicated and there is much confusion, I don't like this story because there are too many characters.

I recommend this story more for girls than boys.

The tempest

The tempest is a one of the Shakespeare's play and it's about a duke who wants to avenge his brother and a King by magical powers. But there is a love story, too. I liked it because it was good and interesting. And I propose to all to read this play !

By Dora

Macbeth

Macbeth is of course one of Shakespeare's play and it's a tragedy play. It's the story of a brave Scottish general who wanted to become the king of Scotland, because it was the third prediction of the three witches he met in coincidence and the first 2 predictions had become true. So, for that, he killed the king and he became the King. But at the end, he was defeated and killed by the dead king's son. I liked this play, because it's a little scary, with witches, spirits... And I enjoyed a lot Macbeth's character, because he's always so proud of himself. I mostly recommend it for boys rather than girls, because most girls don't like ghosts and tragedy stories at all.

By Pat

King Lear

This is the play of Shakespeare that I have read in class. I don' t like this play because it is a tragedy and I don' t like tragedies. It is a very tough play because there are lots of caracters and I got easily confused.

By Harini

Anthony and Cleopatra

Anthony and Cleopatra

"Anthony and Cleopatra" is a tragedy ( but also a history ) written by William Shakespeare.

It takes place around the 50ths before J.C. .
The play is about a love story between the Egyptian queen, Cleopatra, and a roman general, Anthony. After a small fight between both of them, Cleopatra, out of revenge, locks herself up in a tower and sends her servants to tell her lover she killed herself. When Anthony hears about that, he immediatly kills himself to reach his love again. So the servant goes back to Cleopatra and tells his queen about Anthony's suicide. Cleopatra is broken down with regret and kills herself to punish her horrible mistake.
Both of them get burried next to eachother and nothing can harm their love anymore.

I did like this play because i'm interested in anything related to ancient Egypt! But still, I think There are too many suicides ( real and fake ones too!! )

Lysa

Henry V

I have read Henry V. It's a play written by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. It's a history. I love the end of this story because Henry the king of England wants to start a war. The archbishop and the bishop told Henry to conquer France to distract them from paying the bill(tax) of their church so they told him to conquer France and finally Henry stops the war and says he wants peace between England and France and in the final part he married the French king's cousin.

by Franklin

A midsumer night's dream

The story was fantastic but it's a bit dfficult to understand the story because there are too many new words for me. It's a comedy play and quite a love story with the play. There are six main charachters. The king and the queen of Athens, the king and the queen of fairies and their servant (also fairie), then two young lovers and a comedian actor named Bottom ( a villager). I love this story because it's interesting to read a love story for me but I recommend this book for all boys.

By Deephak

Hamlet

I have read Hamlet, it's a play written by William Shakespeare in 1603. The original title is "The Tragical Hystory of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" because it's a tragedy story and story which is of course about the Denmark prince. I liked the story, I don't know why. Shakespeare wrote the famous sentense "To be or not to be" in Hamlet. Hamlet promised to his father gost to avenge his death. So he'll act like a mad man to find who killed his father. Actually, no one knows if Hamlet was realy mad? Finnaly he died by accident....

By Divagar

"Chocolat" by Joannes Harris

Hi Friends

I will tell you a small summary of « Chocolat », it was written by Joanne Harris, it was the first time in my life, I read 300 pages in Engish. “Charlie and the chocolate factory” and “Chocolat” are two famous stories about chocolate.

The sumary: The story is about a woman called Vianne Rocher, She moves with her daugter Anouk to a small vilage in France to open a chocolate factory. The father of the village named reynaud is one of the important person of the story: he’s sting, but a good catholic. The father didn’t like Vianne because even if she is catholic, she never goes to the church. Here started our story. One day when Vianne open a chocolate factory, the father of the village be come their enemi… So what are they going to do?

By Divagar 3e Euro

presentation of the book

[Image]Hi i am going to tell about the story i have just read.The name of the book is hardy boys con comic artist and the author is Franklin w. Dixon.The story: Julia Campbell has begun a new business selling lithographs she has gone for an auction to buy an original dark hawk cover for her pop culture gallery but one day she discover the cover of the dark hawk magazine is a forgery cover so she need helps to find the forgery maker .So the american agent sends Joe and frank who is with the (atac) to found the maker of this forgery cover. If you want to know more about this story please read the book tank you!!!
 BY FRANKLIN
Someone needs to check the punctuation of this text urgently!!!

A nice book!!

Hello friends!!!

I’m going to present the book that i read now , it’s a story about fairies and goblins. It’s an adventure and a humorous story . The author of this book is Eoin Colfer and he’s an Irish author. Artemis Fowl senior is trapped by the Russian Mafia and they sent an e-mail to his son (Artemis Fowl 1). Then the hero of this story will go and save his father and help the police. I think that all of us can read that book , it’s very interesting at the end. The name of that book is Artemis Fowl and artic incident.

By Deephak

My book presentation

Hardy boys : top ten ways to die

I will talk about my favourite book. The name of the book is Hardy Boys. The author is Franklin W.Dixon. The summary of the book : There are two brothers who are two agents. The name of the two brothers are Joe and Frank Hardy. They caught the A.T.M thieves. They received a box from the delivery man for next mission to save the top singer Vee Sharp from the ten ways to die. They went to Los Angeles with their aunt Trudy. They let their aunt Trudy in the hotel and went to Hollywood disguised intern. It is nice book you can read!!

Mohamed Wasim

The Seven Best Books Ever!

  Harry Potter

The Harry Potters seven books are the nicest books ever! If you are interested in magic, this book will suit you best! Read about Harry’s incredible adventures, discover all the secrets of Hogwarts and learn all kind of spells! If you have already watched the movies then you’ll see, the books are a hundred times better! Half of the books aren’t told in the movies! With the books, you’ll really enter the wizard world! You’ll cry and laugh at the same time than the hero, you’ll feel like nothing can stop you from reading!

Lysa

PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK

Hi i am going to tell about the story i have ever read.The name of the book is hardy boys con comic artist and the author is Franklin w. Dixon.

The story: julia Campbell begun a new business selling lithographs she has gone for an auction to buy an original dark hawk cover for her pop culture gallery but one day she discover the cover of the dark hawk magazine is a forgery cover so she need helps  to find the forgery maker .So the american agent sends Joe and frank who is  with the (atac) to found the maker of this forgery cover. If you want to know more about this story please read the book tank you!!! BY FRANKLIN

Greetings

We are so happy to see your self-introductions and photos. We will respond and add our own very soon and look forward to a wonderful collaboration during the academic year ahead!

The Boy

Hi friends!!!

I’m going to present the book that I have read. The title of the book is “Boy”. The author is Roald Dahl. It’s a story about a boy whose father and sister died. He is very touchy and naughty. He lives in Wales in a hostel, for the holidays he goes to Norway Island with his mother. Once a day when he walks with his mother she …. To continue read the book.

T.Vishnou

Mysterious girls!

HI friends!!!!

HI WE ARE IN SECTION EURO , WE ARE (MARIE-JOSE) ,(DORA) AND KIRTHIKA.

WE ARE FRIENDS FROM THE PRIMARY SCHOOL.

WE LOVE ENGLISH, MATHS, SCIENCES...

BY MARIE-JOSE

My favourite's book presentation !

Hi friends !!!
I'm going to present you my favourite English book I read in the European section, and I swear you will enjoy reading it: "THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME", written by Mark Haddon.

It's the story of a 15 years old boy called Christopher who has a mental disorder. He lives with his father who informs him that his mother has died, but she's really alive. Why does his father lie to his son?

One day, he saw his neighbour's dog, Wellington killed with a garden fork stuck in his stomach. Chris is very touched by this death, so he decides to investigate this murder. Who has killed the dog, and why?

To find the answers of these 2 questions, read the book.

By Patrick

Marie-José's book

THE TWITS

Hi friends! this book is one of my favorite English books.
"THE TWITS "

It is a funny story of two persons who make noise,

called Mr. Twit and his wife Mr. Twit.

Mr Twit is a hairy faced man and mrs twit is an ugly woman.

This book is writen by roald and illustrated by quentin blake.
BY SELVAM Marie-josé

Hi friends!!!

Hi friends

Our name is Divagar and Franklin, we are in 3e, we have been friends for 5 years. Last year we were in the same class... We are bad boys!!! Now we are going to present ourselves one by one:

My name Divagar, I'm 14 years old, I live in Pondichery. I love drinking coca cola, listening to music, playing volley ball...

My name is Franklin, I'm 15, I live in pondichery. I love going out with my friends at the week-end. I love surfing the net minimum 3 hours a day.

THE HARDY BOYS UNDERCOVER BOYS ROCKY ROAD

Hi friends!!!

I am Shanil and I am studying in section euro. In that class I read a book it's THE HARDY BOYS UNDERCOVER BOYS ROCKY ROAD by Franklin.

This story is about two boys, their names are Frank and Joe. They are studying in a school of Bayport. This story takes place during the summer vacation.

It’ s about two boys, they are students in Bayport . Someone wants to destroy Niagara Falls. So they have to find the man and stophim before any damage is done and someone doesn’t want the school to open so they have to find it.

If you want to know the end of book, go and read this book.

By Shanil Gowtham.

Hi friends !!!!!!
I'm going to talk about one of my favourite book. The title of the book is MY HAUNTED HOUSE. It's a story about Araminta spookie who lives with her uncle Drac and aunt Tabby in an old haunted house. Araminta spookie loves ghosts and her ambition is to see a ghost but her aunt Tabby is scared of bats, ghosts, spiders....
It's a nice haunted and scary story if you like scary stories you can read it.
If you want to read a trilling story so you can read this book too.
If you want to know the full story of this book you must read the book. Are you scared of ghosts and bats?

kirtika

FANTASTIC MR FOX !!!!!

HI Friend !!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to present about one of my favourite book “Fantastic Mr FOX” by Roald Dahl.

I read this book in two hours because this book was so interesting and that's why I didn't take a break.

This is the story of one fox who steals chickens to three farmers. The main story of the book is the fantastic plan of Mr Fox and the nastiest crooks to steal everything in the three farms.

This is a very good book for children and you can have a lot of fun.

READ IT! IF YOU WANT TO HAVE FUN!

Baradane Covindassamy 3ème3

My book

I am going to talk about this book and the author is Jeff Kinney. It's a story about a boy called Gregory HEFFLEY, he is a naughty boy. He has a friend called Rowley JEFFSON, they are always together. Greg's dad wants him to join a military academy but Greg isn't interrested in it and he wants to stay with his friend.

If you want to know what happened, read the book!!!

By Sandrine

Scary book!!!

The book is about a boy. His name is Matt and he's 12. He lives with his mother, brother and sister. Actually, he has a little problem, he wants another room which is the guest room because his own room is very tiny.

One day, he asks his mother to change room but his mom refuses to let him sleep in the guest room.

But Matt is extremely stubborn, so that night, he goes to the guest room and falls asleep.

Read the book if you want to know what happened to him in that room!!!

Jacqueline

My favourite book presentation

This is a story written by R.L. Stine and it's about two step siblings who think that they are not smart enough so they want their uncle, Dr. Frank, a scientist to help them. But no one knows that there are two aliens hiding in Frank's house. They came to find two young, strong and intelligent slaves to help their emperor and they brought a brain energizer fluid. Read the end of the story to know if the children will become slaves or not. The story is scary with lots of suspenses and teenagers will love it.

By Dora

Book presentation

So this is a book about a boy named Gregory HEFFLEY. He has a stupid friend named Rowley JEFFERSON. He is in summer holiday and spends his time in front of the TV playing video games with the curtains closed. But his mom's idea is to have a prefect summer holiday that is different from his idea! She's going to start a reading club for the children in the neighborhood. If you want to know what he has become read the book.
This is a story written Jeff Kinney.

By Harini

Voilà!

Since the weather is very hot in May and June in India, we take our summer break during these  months. That's why we have been very busy in July and August while the rest of you was having fun. That's also why my students have already read their first book in English for the year. They would like to present their books to you. If you know of any good books feel free to recommand some of your own. Of course you should maintain the suspense and never tell the end of the book you have read!

Mankatha boys

HI FRIENDS !!!!!

My name is Vishnou, I'm14 years old.

I am in the right of the photo.

I am lazy,honest very bold.

I am studing in the lycée francais of pondicherry.

My name is Baradane, I'm 15 years old.

I'm not lazy at all, quite bold and responsible and I 'm also studing in L.F.P.

Hi guys,

 

Hi guys,

My name is Lysa and i’m 14 years old. I’m studying in the Lycée Français de Pondicherry. I arrived in the city in the beginning of September so, as you can see, I’m almost as new as you for learning about Pondicherry! I’m easy-going and I care a lot for others.

Hi friends, my name is Deephak, I’m 13 years old. I’m also studying in Lycée français de pondicherry. I’m in the center, between Lysa and Wasim. I’m very talkative and easy-going, I love smiling always.

Hi guys, my name is Wasim, I’m 13 years old and I’m studying in Lycée français de pondicherry. I’m in the right side of the photo. I’m too patient and and a bit easy-going. I’m a bit small! I love eating ice-creams  and drinking Coke!

Hello guys !

Hello friends, here are our presentations so that you can know something about us. First of all, we are all studying in 3ème, and, of course we're all friends.
My name is Samy Patrick(on the left, with a blue T-shirt), I'm 14. I think I'm quite caring, but a bit lazy. I love chicken 65, but I hate fish.
I'm Mourougeussin Yashwanth(on the right with a blue, orange and white T-shirt), I'm also 14. I love finger chips and Biryani. I am a dog because my friends can count on me.
I am Shanil Gowtham (in the middle with a pink and white cheked shirt), I am 15. I'm a bit hard-working. I like Love birds.

Hello!

Pondicherry is almost ready. We hope to be joined by Greece and Germany soon. In the meantime we have found a balcony and the girls seem to be ready to fall in love!

Shakespeare's on his way...

Hi friends !!!!

Hi!!!! Our names are Sandrine (in the left ), Jacqueline (in the middle), Harini (in the right). We are all 14 years old. We are all in the same class and are all good friends. We like spending our time at the library, chating. We have great fun together. Our hobbies are: listening to music, watching TV, going downtown with friends.