The cultural events attract people from all parts of the French and Indian communities. The student body includes members of business, civic and education communities as well as retirees and students from high school and college, which makes the exchange all the more rich. The events - art exhibits, lectures, film and theatre festivals - relative to the French or French-speaking world thus serve as a vehicle for cultural dialogue.

The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the instrument by which the best artists and performers are able to tour the different Alliances Françaises. While each one functions independently, the programs are held in collaboration with the Embassy of France and the Délégation Française de l'Alliance Française de Paris in New Delhi. Indeed, the tradition of reciprocal contact between French and foreign cultures has always been very strong. The Mona Lisa is the best known of the art works in the Louvre. Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece symbolizes the debt French culture has always owed to foreign artists and influences.

 
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