French television spot about hermit Jacque Vigne, who lives in India and has recently published India Within (not yet translated into English). The short video describes Vigne as the “thinking man’s hermit. Twenty-two years ago, French doctor Jacques Vigne gave up his career to go to India to meditate and write. Brief glimpse of his daily routines.
URL: http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/news/culture.html. If no longer on the home page, search March 26, 2007 and click “Psychology.”
Sadhus at Ardh Kumbh Mela
From a Malaysian journalist, a straight-forward all-too-brief story “Lifted by the Spirit” on the sadhus or hermits attending the Ardh Kumbh Mela celebration in Allahabad, India, on the banks of the Ganges River, through January and February. From The Star;, includes a few pictures.
URL: http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/1/28/
lifefocus/16682714&sec=lifefocus.
India tree hermit
“Man lives in tree after domestic spat” is a quirky story on why one man has become a hermit living in a tree near Orissa, India. URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4643678.stm. Brought to our attention by a friend of Hermitary.
Tree-planting India hermit
Brief article from Orissa, India, about a real-life equivalent of Elzéard Bouffier, the protagonist of Jean Giono’s The Man Who Planted Trees. Pandaba Charan Das is a hermit who has single-handedly reforested a barren hillside over some thirty years. URL: http://www.newkerala.com/news-daily/news/features.php?action=fullnews&id=88868.