ΕΛΛΗΝΟ-ΙΝΔΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΜΟΥ & ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗΣ
Hellenic-Indian Society for Culture & Development
By Dr. Vinay Kumar* Introduction The Ganga valley is a large geographical area having immense human, cultural and economic significance that makes it the heart of India. A series of finds from all over the region indicates that the Gangetic valley was a resurgent center of artistic activity whose scope has yet to be properly …
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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 …
By Nitin Mehta* On a holiday to the Greek island of Crete a few years ago we took a day trip to visit archeological sites. At one spot the tour guide said that people in the area used to worship Goddess Gayatri. I asked my wife if she heard Gayatri and she said yes. I …
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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The latest issue (Jan. – Jun. 2020) of the Research Journal Pustak Bharati (ISSN 2562-6086) has pulished a research paper entitled “Demetrios Galanos (1760-1833) The First Greek Indologist” by Dr. Dimitrios Vassiliadis. This unique tri-monthly, bilingual (Hindi and English) research oriented e-journal is published by the Editorial Committee of the Pustak Bharati, Toronto, Canada, for …
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By Helen Abadzi Presentation at Bengali Studies ConferenceGeorgetown University, Washington DC, Around 2002 MAIN POINTS Greek presence in Kolkata • Greek ‘refugees’ mainly from Philippoupolis (now Plovdiv in Bulgaria) • Left Ottoman empire when Brits took over Kolkata • Merchants of cloth, salt, jute, (kyratzides, they went too far for kiraya) • Greeks spread to …
By Dimitrios Vassiliadis The First YearsDemetrios Galanos, the ‘Athenian,’ is the first and most eloquent Greek scholar in modern times to have widely contributed to the knowledge of India’s literary, philosophical and religious traditions. He was born in 1760 to a middle class family living in Athens, which at the time was a small town …
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Paper presented in the International Conference and Exhibition on Jain History, Art & Culture, Museum of Asian Art, Corfu/17-18 November 2018 Apostolos Michailidis PhD in Theology/National & Kapodistrian University of Athens M.A. in Indian Philosophy & Religion/Banaras Hindu University of Varanasi Respected Teachers, Dear Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen, During Alexander’s campaign to the East, the …
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Dipak Malik (Emeritus Director of the Gandhian Institute of Studies, Varanasi, India) Mahatma Gandhi was the first person in India’s freedom struggle who raised the question of a language for a nation striving for independence from Colonial rule. This vital question simply skirted almost all pre-Gandhi leaders as they were mostly part of the English …
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Efrosini Vizovitou School of Fine & Visual Arts Thessaloniki Industrial Design 1. Winter Semester 2018 Tutor: Georgios Liamadis THE FIRST YEARS 1944-1954 Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company ( TELCO) Hindustan Motors (HML) in Calcutta Premier Automobiles (PAL) in Bombay 1953 Prohibition of car imports for toning up of the local industry Early 80s Production remained …
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