ΕΛΛΗΝΟ-ΙΝΔΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ & ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗΣ
Hellenic-Indian Society for Culture & Development
अनुवाद : दिमित्रियोस वासिलियादिस Είπες· «Θα πάγω σ’ άλλη γη, θα πάγω σ’ άλλη θάλασσα. तुमने कहा, ‘‘मैं किसी अन्य देश जाऊँगा, किसी अन्य तट पर उतरूँगा । Μια πόλις άλλη θα βρεθεί καλλίτερη από αυτή. खोजूँगा कोई अन्य नगर इससे बढ़ कर। Κάθε προσπάθεια μου μια καταδίκη είναι γραφτή· जो कुछ करने का प्रयास …
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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Koula Riga * Once upon a time, two birds lived on the branches of a huge tree, deep inside a forest. They had worked very hard to build their nest. They had a comfortable home to protect them from all weather. It was winter …One day as they enjoyed the comforts of their nest, it …
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Koula Riga * Panchatantra is a collection of teaching myths of Indian prose and poetry, starring mainly animals. The original text is in Sanskrit for Hindus and Pali for the Buddhists. The collection attributed to Pandit Vishnu Sharma dates back to most scholars around the 3rd century BC. Is based on an earlier oral tradition. …
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Dr. Lanka Siva Rama Prasad,* the legendary poet, writer and founder of the Writers’ Corner at Warangal, a major city in the south Indian state of Telangana, arrived in Athens for a two days visit on October 8 and 9, 2018 to establish inter-cultural bonds between Greek and Telugu writers. ELINEPA’s President Dr. Dimitrios Vassiliadis …
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Konstantinos P. Kavafis Coins with Indian inscriptions:They are the mightiest monarchs,of Eboukratintaza, of Strataga,of Manantraza, of Eramaiaza.This is how the wise book renders the Indianinscriptions for us on one side of the coins.But the book also shows us the other side which is,moreover, the good sidewith the figure of the king. And here,how the Greek …
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Freedom of Mind Do not seek freedom in a particular ideology, as it lies in the very essence of the mind. From it, all ideas and all teachings are emerging and maintained, and to it, they eventually return. Present in the deep silence and in the noise of the words, it shines with the colors of …
Henry Louis Vivian Derozio (Kolkata, 18 April 1809 – Kolkata, 26 December 1831) was a Bengali philhellene educator and poet of Portuguese descent and perhaps the first nationalist poet of Modern India. He studied Greek philosophy, drama and classical literature and was influenced by the Greek values of liberty and justice which left a strong impact on …
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संत कबीर की कविता – Poem of saint Kabir Translation: Dimitrios Vassiliadis मोको (मुझे) कहाँ ढूंढे रे बन्दे, मैं तो तेरे पास में Moko kahan dhoondhe re bande, Main to tere paas mein Where are you looking for me friend1? I2 am next to you ना तीरथ (तीर्थ) में ना मूरत (मूर्त) में, ना कंठ (एकान्त) निवास में Naa teerath mein naa moorat …
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On the occasion of the birthday anniversary of the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore, ELINEPA publishes his poem “Freedom” translated into Greek by Maria Nicolaidou. Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was born in Kolkata on 7 May 1861 and became one of the most brilliant poets, musicians, and artists of the Indian subcontinent in the late 19th and early …
