ΕΛΛΗΝΟ-ΙΝΔΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ & ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗΣ
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Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias commented in an interview with Ta Nea about a variety of issues, including exploratory contacts between Greece and Turkey. Dendias also spoke about new US President Joe Biden and what this could mean for Greece. Finally, he discussed Greece’s relations with the Arab World, Russia and India. We republish the part of …
The internationally renowned Professor Osmund Bopearachchi, Numismatist and Archaeologist, specialist in the Hellenistic Kingdoms spoke about the legacy of Alexander the Great in Asia, Bactria and India on Cosmos FM Radio New York by Mike Stratis with collaborator Ms. Smaragda Mouriki Art Director Lydia Griva, from Germany, who created a visual work of art. Special …
National Education Day is celebrated across India, every year on November 11, to commemorate the birth anniversary of India’s First Education Minister, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (11 November 1888 – 22 February 1958) was an Indian scholar and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress during the independence movement. Following India’s independence, he became the …
The National Clinical Management Protocol based on Ayurveda and Yoga for the management of Covid-19 was released jointly by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Shri Shripad Yesso Naik, Union Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH virtually, today. Dr. Rajiv Kumar, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog also graced the virtual event. On …
This year the festival starts from October 17 and will continue till October 26, 2020. One of most popular Hindu festivals, Navaratri (literally meaning ‘nine nights’) is celebrated every year with fervor and devotion in different parts of India and by the Hindu communities around the world. Navaratri theoretically falls twice or four times a …
An article on the first Greek Indologist Demetrios Galanos (1760 -1833) by Professor Suniti Kumar Chatterjee (1890—1970) published in সাংস্কৃতিকী, চতুর্থ খণ্ড (SANSKRITIKI 4th Part), Ananda Publishers, Kolkata, 1993, pp. 67-71. Suniti Kumar Chatterjee, was an Indian linguist, educationist and litterateur. He was a recipient of the second-highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Vibhushan. He joined the University of …
रक्षा बंधन की हर्दिक शुभकामनाएं Raksha Bandhan, also abbreviated as ‘Rakhi’, is one of the most beautiful Hindu festivals that marks the love and affection shared between brothers and sisters. It is celebrated all over India on the full moon of the month of Sravana or Sawan in the lunar Hindu calendar (August in the …
By Ujjal Ghosh* The “Greek Club KYKLOS” was founded in 1988 by the renowned polyglot linguist Asit Chakraborty (1935-2003) and a few other friends of the Greek civilization in Kolkata. Since then the Club has increased in numbers and provides regular Greek language courses every Monday evening at its premises (Lokenath Apartment, 74A, Nagendra Nath …
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Priyadarshi Dutta* By converting the Hagia Sophia into a mosque, Erdogan has symbolically unsettled Ataturk’s vision of Turkey. He has revived the memories of Turk conquests that had tormented Europe Hagia Sophia is the most recognisable symbol of Istanbul (formerly Constantinople). For the last 85 years, this grand edifice has also embodied the idea of …
गुरु पूर्णिमा की शुभकामनाएं – Happy Guru Purnima Guru Purnima, also known as Vyasa Purnima, is considered to be one of the most significant Hindu festivals. The day is dedicated to one’s Guru, mentor or spiritual teacher. Guru Purnima falls on the full moon day (Purnima) of the Hindu lunar month Ashadha, which corresponds to …
