ΕΛΛΗΝΟ-ΙΝΔΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ & ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗΣ
Hellenic-Indian Society for Culture & Development
The book is written in Bengali by a philhellene writer and diplomat who has served for the last three years as a cultural attaché at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Athens. Sujan Debnath’s love for ancient Greek culture prompted him to choose Greece as his place of work, and after traveling to many archaeological sites …
Τhe Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh Η.Ε. Dr. Abul Kalam Abdul Momen visited Athens on 29 October 2019. This is the first-ever official bilateral visit at the level of Foreign Minister between the two countries. During his one-day official visit, Foreign Minister Momen met with his Greek counterpart Mr. Nikos Dendias and the Deputy …
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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. …
CALL FOR PAPERS Deadline: November 17, 2019 The European Association for South Asian Studies organizes (EASAS) the 26th European Conference on South Asian Studies (ECSAS) at the University of Vienna, Austria, from 29 July to 1 August 2020. EASAS membership is required. For further information please visit ESCAS’s website HERE
CALL FOR PAPERS The Greek Chair at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi is organizing a National Seminar & Workshop on the theme “Greek Legacy in South Asia” from 8 to 10 October 2019, at the Convention Center of the University. Research papers are invited on the following themes: Indo-Greeks, Graeco-Buddhism, Gandara Art, Graeco-Indian Philosophy, …
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radio1d.gr – Thursday, July 18, 2019, 19:00-21 00, A Tribute to the Life and Work of Lafcadio Hearn. “Reading with Sissy”, a weekly radio program on literature and art, edited and presented by the philologist and writer Sissy Siyultzi-Ruka, at radio1d.gr. Live interviews with Mrs Despina Zernioti, archaeologist – Director of Asian Art Museum of …
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The Embassy of Bangladesh in Athens organized a special cultural event to celebrate the 158th birth anniversary of the world poet Rabindranath Tagore and the 120th birth anniversary of the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. The event took place on 22nd June 2019, at 18:00 pm, at the premises of the Embassy of Bangladesh and was attended by …
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On the occasion of the celebration of the birth anniversary of Lafcadio Hearn, the Cultural Center of Lefkada organizes a two-day cultural event on June 26 and 27, 2019 at the Lafcadio Hearn Historical Center in Lefkada. The program of events is as follows: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 Inauguration of the exhibition, Yakumo Koizumi where clouds are born. Welcome addresses. …
Dimitrios Vassiliadis Kazi Nazrul Islam (24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976), the national poet of Bangladesh, was a Bengali philosopher, poet, writer, musician, and anti-colonial revolutionary. Popularly known as Nazrul, he produced a large body of poetry and music with themes that included freedom, humanity, love, religious devotion and rebellion against the atrocities committed by humans on human beings. His poems, songs, novels, short stories, plays, and political activities expressed …
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Pahela Baishakh, the first day of the Bangla calendar, was celebrated at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Athens on Sunday, April 14, 2019, with traditional festivities and enthusiasm. Many members of the Bangladeshi community in Greece gathered at the courtyard of the Embassy to welcome the Bangla New 1426 Year with new hopes and aspirations …
