ΕΛΛΗΝΟ-ΙΝΔΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ & ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗΣ
Hellenic-Indian Society for Culture & Development
The Bengali poet, critic, and translator Rudra Kinshuk was born in the village Samudragarh, West Bengal in 1971. He was graduated from the University of Calcutta and did his post-graduation from Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, and Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu. He studied French from the French Institute of Chandannagar. He has done extensive research in …
On the occasion of the Platinum Jubilee Birth Anniversary of Prof. U.P. Arora, a pioneer scholar on Indo-Greek Studies, the Greek Chair at the Jawaharlal Nehru University organized a felicitation event and the release of his latest book “Greek Sources on India: Alexander to Megasthenes“ On Tuesday 8th October 2019, 3:30 pmat JNU, Convention Center …
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by Udai Prakash Arora* ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL, New Delhi, 2018 Hard Bound, Pages: xxvi+482. ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-601-7 DESCRIPTION “Anyone who is surprised that with so many historians already in the field on Alexander it should have occurred to me to compose this history, should express his surprise only after perusing all their works and then reading …
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A book review by James P. Mimikos, J.D. The writer is an internationally accomplished travel writer delving deeply into “the Art of Travel” – but she approaches her visits and descriptions in a spiritual way. By this I mean her books bring out our subconscious emotions and feelings for the places she writes about. She …
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The 9th issue of HELEXPO’s magazine “Exposed” has been published with a major tribute to India as the honored country at the Thessaloniki International Exhibition (pages 36-71). The tribute includes articles on the economy, digital transformation, and culture of India, as well as special articles on spices, Bollywood, the Sikh community, and the Indian cemeteries …
The Saga of a Mountain Girl Author: Dr. Harisuman Bisht Publisher: BOIBAHAR Language: English, 328pages, 22cm ASIN: B07SQYTVCR Originally published: January 1, 2017 Price: IRS 399 (amazon.in) Book Review by James P. Mimikos, J.D. I attended the 17th International Hindi Conference in Athens, Greece this past June. While there I met Dr. Harisuman Bisht, an award-winning writer of Modern Hindi …
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Gulam Mandi: A Throbbing Market of Sex Slaves Author: Nirmala Bhuradia Publisher: D.K. Printworld (P) Ltd. Language: English, 328pages, 22cm ISBN: 978-8124609538 Originally published: January 19, 2019 Price: IRS 395, USA $ 13.00 Synopsis Gulam Mandi would mean a market where some unfortunate human beings are put on open display, to be picked up by customers, for the purpose of …
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Edited by Anil Kumar Singh* ARYAN BOOKS INTERNATIONAL, New Delhi, 2019 Hard Bound, Pages: xii+284. ISBN-13: 978-81-7305-623-9 DESCRIPTION India representing the Eastern consciousness, and Greece representing the Western, had been in close contacts since the remote antiquity. Their contribution and striking similarities in the domain of science, philosophy, mythology, art and literature are well-known. In fact, there …
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by Thomas R. Trautmann Translated into Greek by Maria Papailiadi Greek title “Ινδία: σύντομη ιστορία ενός μεγάλου πολιτισμού” Book release on Monday, June 24, 2019 Series | ο κοινός λόγος ISBN 978-960-524-548-1, size 14×21 cm., 400 pages, price 16 euro Η σύγχρονη Ινδία είναι μια ανερχόμενη οικονομική και στρατιωτική δύναμη που η εμβέλειά της ξεπερνά τα γεωγραφικά …
Renu Shukla, Nurturers of Buddhism, (Disha International Publishing House), Greater Noida, India, 2019. In its long history, India has maintained its plurality and peaceful relations with other societies. The policy of peaceful-coexistence and inculcation of the free spirit of universal brotherhood has shaped the Indian mind. Remarkable examples of religious tolerance and urge for the …
