French Ambassador to India Emmanuel Lenain on Monday heaped praise on India's diversity and how impressively the country handles it at the launch of Bonjour India 2022.
"Indian diversity is fascinating, and it has the capacity to handle this diversity. We feel it's very modern. Living in a more globalized world, it's a challenge for all of us to handle this diversity of influences of culture, information ... We feel, India, in that respect, provides a very good model. Obviously, it's not easy for us, overall, India is very impressive," said the French envoy.
Mr Lenain made the statement at the fourth edition of Bonjour India 2022.
Bonjour India 2022 will showcase in 19 Indian cities a program of 120 events created in collaboration with French and Indian partners, in domains including education, science, literature, cinema, gastronomy, street art, performing arts and photography.
"We are delighted to bring a new edition of Bonjour India to 19 cities across the country. With 120 events, it is one of the most important cultural festivals ever organized by France abroad. This is telling about the importance of India for France, and the quality of our partnership," said Mr Lenain.