Le Trait d'Union : Organe des Jeunesses de l'Inde Française. Vol. 6, issue 3 to Vol. 11, issue 2 PER 10 (1950/1953)

Vol and Issue: Vol. 6, issue 3 to Vol. 11, issue 2

Missing issues: Vol. 8, issue 10; Vol. 9, issues 3, 8; Vol. 10, issues 3, 10. Vol. 10 issue 6 is wrongly numbered as issue 4. Vol. 8 contains a supplement issue 11bis. Also pp.3-6 of the Feb.1953 issue are bound upside down and in reverse order.

Scope and content: The volume contains short fictional and humorous pieces, poems, articles about Pondichéry and its history, local news and a column on “News of Saigon”, accounts of cultural and other events taking place in Pondichéry, book reviews, cartoons, announcements and advertisements etc. Some of the themes covered are: the monetary crisis stemming from the usage of two currencies in Pondichéry – the Indian rupee and the local rupee, some visions of India from the viewpoint of French India, a panorama of pharmacy in the Indian Union and traditional Indian medicinal drugs, French translation of Subramania Barathy's poems, the Pondichéry port, urbanism in Pondichéry, Hindu astrologers, commerce in Pondichéry, “people and things of French India”, Leonardo da Vinci, a military doctor from Pondichéry in the 18th cent., criminal justice in Pondichéry, the press in French India etc. There are also articles relating to Indian culture and mythology. Some of the topical events covered are: the demises of Ramana Maharshi, Sri Aurobindo, the prime minister of Pakistan Liaquat Ali Khan; election of the member of parliament (député) from French India to the French National Assembly etc. Some of the issues contain a few b&w photos, cartoons and drawings.