Jean-Marie Lafont, PhD (Lyons), worked twelve years in Lahore and twenty-two years in New Delhi. His research on La prsence franaise dans le royaume Sikh du Penjab won him a D. Litt from the University of Paris 3 (published in 1992 by Ecole Franaise dExtrme- Orient) and was awarded the Giles Award by the French Academy in 1995. Rehana Lafont, ne Joseph, has two MAs from the Punjab University (Lahore) and one Master from the University of Lyons. Her MA thesis in France dealt with Aspects of Punjabi Village Life in the Works of Mulk Raj Anand.