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by Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India It has been a topsy-turvy start to the third decade of this century. COVID-19 has brought with it many disruptions. Coronavirus has significantly changed the contours of professional life.   These days, home is the new office. The Internet is the new meeting room. For the time being, …

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অনিরুদ্ধ ভট্টাচার্য্য গ্রীকসংস্কৃতির সঙ্গে আমাদের ভারতীয়দের যোগ দু’হাজার বছরেরও পুরোনো। এই সম্পর্কের শুরু হয়েছিল সম্ভবত আলেকজান্ডারের ভারত আক্রমণের সময় থেকে, অর্থাৎ যীশুখ্রীষ্টের জন্মের তিনশো সাতাশ বছর আগে। সেই সম্পর্কেরই অন্যতম পরিণাম যে ‘গান্ধার শিল্প’ তা সকলেরই জানা। গ্রীক ভাষার সঙ্গেও যে তখন থেকেই আমাদের পরিচয়ের শুরু এবিষয়ে কোনো সন্দেহ নেই। সুনীতি চাটুজ্জে (১৮৯০-১৯৭০) মশাইয়ের কৃপায় …

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By Aniruddha Bhattacharya* Our relations with Greek culture are very old indeed. Our Greek connection began most probably after Alexander’s invasion of India in 327 B.C. It is common knowledge that the Gandhara School of Art is one of the outcomes of that connection. Our acquaintance with the Greek language started, no doubt, at that …

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शुभ क्रिसमस, کرسمس, આનંદી નાતાલ, (শুভ বড়দিন, கிறிஸ்துமஸ் வாழ்த்துக்கள், ಕ್ರಿಸ್ ಮಸ್ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಷಯಗಳು, शुभ नाताळ, ਕਰਿਸਮ ਤੇ ਨਵਾੰ ਸਾਲ ਖੁਸ਼ਿਯਾੰਵਾਲਾ ਹੋਵੇ, Merry Christmas. There are about 30 million Christians in India (about 2.3 % of the total population), who celebrate annually Jesus Christ’s birth on December 25. The celebrations are most noticeable in states where …

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Editorial On  November 9, 2019, the Supreme Court of India unanimously ruled in favor of the Ram Temple construction on disputed Ayodhya site, where the centuries-old Babri Masjid was demolished on December 6, 1992. Here are the Salient points on SC’s judgment: Babri Masjid “Mosque of Bābur” prior to its destruction in December 1992, Ayodhya, …

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«Υποδέχθηκα σήμερα με μεγάλη μου χαρά τον Υπουργό Εξωτερικών του Μπαγκλαντές, τον κ. Abul Kalam Abdul Momen. Θυμάμαι, αγαπητέ συνάδελφε ότι, σαν Υπουργός Δημόσιας Τάξης, είχα την ευκαιρία να επισκεφτώ την πρωτεύουσα του Μπαγκλαντές, την Nτάκα, το 2013, και να γίνω δεκτός από την Πρωθυπουργό -η οποία είναι και σήμερα Πρωθυπουργός- την κα Sheikh Hasina. …

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By Dimitrios Vassiliadis We are glad to announce that Arthur Spyrou, a friend of India and son of the late Greek Indologist Miltiadis Spyrou has been appointed as the next ambassador of Australia to Greece. ELINEPA expresses its warmest congratulations! Greek Indologist Dr. Miltiadis (Milton) Spyrou passed away on September 23, 2019, in Athens at …

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