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François Gautier

François Gautier, a former international correspondent for Le Figaro, is the author of several books on India and its history, including In Defence of a Billion Hindus. He is also the founder of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Museum of Indian History

Aurangzeb and the Denial of Bigotry
Cover Stories
Aurangzeb’s Reign in the Light of His Own Orders

Aurangzeb’s reign in the light of his own orders

27 May 2022
Columns
Tibet as Buffer

Does India understand the importance of the Dalai Lama?

06 July 2020
The World Hindu Congress
Column
Chicago Notebook

At the World Hindu Congress

20 September 2018
A woman at a makeshift memorial after the Nice attack
World
Bastille Day Horror: We Are Afraid

What is it that makes France the most obvious target for Islamist terrorism? As the country recovers from the Bastille Day horror in Nice, François Gautier portrays a traumatised republic under siege

21 July 2016
20270
Voices
Islamic Goals, European Fields

The Muslim influence on football is a worry that looms large in this part of the world after the Paris attacks

04 December 2015
20208
Open Essay
Calm After the Rage of Evil

‘Europe would need a common enemy to unite and the only one available is Islam.’ Is André Malraux’s prophecy coming true?

26 November 2015