French award to Kalpana Ghimire

August 13, 2003
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Kathmandu: Her dedication and long productive association with the culture, tradition, literature, language and education of France finally made her qualified to receive a highly prestigious French Medal, “Chavelier Dans L’ordre Des Palmes Academiques”: “The Academic Palms”.

Ms. Kalpana Ghimire, a long time official of the French Culture Center turned Alliance Francaise was awarded one of the highest medals that the French nation awards to citizens who serve the French interests in the said domains better and that too with total dedication.

“It is granted to writers, artists but also to high ranking persons belonging to the large circle of national education who are so essential in maintaining the permanence of the French university, not only in France but also abroad”, so said the French Ambassador to the Nepali court, Monsieur Claude Ambrosini while awarding the medal to Ms. Ghimire at a grand reception thrown in Kalpana’s honor.

On the occasion, Ambassador Ambrosini had all the praise for Kalpana for her uninterrupted service rendered for the promotion of the French culture in Nepal.

” You translated in Nepali and adapted for the theater and television many French classic authors like Molerie, Sartre, Camus”, added the French dignitary.

A Kalpana who was by then had already become sentimental said in a voice choked with emotion that her association with the French people and the nation provided her with an opportunity to see the world in a wider perspective.

The Telegraph congratulates Ms. Kalpana for her stupendous achievements.