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Καλά Χριστούγεννα και Ευτυχισμένο το Νέο Έτος 2008.

Φωτογραφία: Rodrigo Fonseca: Η Βασιλική καθεδρική εκκλησία του Αγίου Θωμά στο Τσενάι (Μαντράς) της Ινδίας κτίσθηκε το 1523 πάνω στα ερείπια της αρχαίας εκκλησίας που πιστεύεται ότι κτίσθηκε από τον ίδιο τον Απόστολο Θωμά.

Wishing you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2008

Photo: Rodrigo Fonseca: The Santhome Cathedral Basilica in Chennai (Mantras) India is built in 1523 over the ruined church, which is believed that had been built by the Apostle St.Thomas himself.

The Kautilya Society has launched a virtual meeting space

at http://www.kautilyasociety.com
The Kautilya Society has been working for the past ten years for intercultural dialogue and for heritage protection at Varanasi.
Its main projects are Hospitality of research scholars in Varanasi and policy activities for the protection of architectural heritage of the Varanasi historic city centre.

Dr. Stefano de Santis, Rome.

Η Ελλάδα τίμησε δύο μεγάλους αρχαιολόγους

 για τις ανασκαφές τους στις ελληνιστικές πόλεις της Κεντρικής Ασίας

Στις 12 Σεπτεμβρίου στην Τασκένδη, στο Γαλλικό Ινστιτούτο Αρχαιολογικών Ερευνών για την Κεντρική Ασία, παρουσία του Γάλλου Πρέσβη κ. Harth και πολλών ξένων επισήμων και αρχαιολόγων, έγινε μία σεμνή τελετή για να τιμηθούν από την Ελλάδα δύο Ουζμπέκοι επιστήμονες. Πρόκειται για τον Ακαδημαϊκό Καθηγητή Edvard Rtveladze και τον Καθ. Shakir Pidaev οι οποίοι αφιέρωσαν τη ζωή τους να μελετούν τον ελληνικό πολιτισμό που διέδωσαν στην Ανατολή ο Αλέξανδρος και οι διάδοχοί του κατά την ελληνιστική εποχή...Διαβάστε όλο το γράμμα.

Pope’s Criticism to Muslims

The pope's intention was to criticize Muslims, not really to portray them as
diabolical. The remark which he cited (without disapproving of it) was that of
a man whose knowledge of Islam was defective and who was extremely ignorant
about the Koran. The pope thereby displayed his own ignorance. I wish that he
had recalled the very different portrayal of Muslims - as noble people and as
fellow children of God - which one of the greatest of German poets, the
medieval bard Wolfram von Eschenbach, made in his epic poem, "Willehalm". But
at least the pope did not cite the infamous 12th-century letter in which St.
Bernard said that God had "aroused the spirit of kings and princes to inflict
vengeance" upon Muslims in the Second Crusade, and that "the adversary" (i.e.
the Devil) had "stored up a seed of evil, the accursed pagans" (i.e. the
Muslims) whose "envenomed heads" should be crushed "with armed heel".

In 2004, Maulana Wahiduddin Khan gave the following advice to some students of
mine from a Turkish university when they called upon him in New Delhi (during a
tour sponsored by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations): "Always act
positively, even when the situation is negative." Let the Muslims and
Christians alike follow this advice!

Prof. Dr. Mark Lindley, Gandhi Smarak Nidhi, New Delhi, e-mail: lindley@boun.edu.tr

New EU-India  news agency formed

Website: www.inepnext.com

Xairetismous pollous

Nawab Khan, Editor-in-chief

Ποιος κρύβεται πίσω από το ψευδώνυμο "Chiensis";

Στην δεκαετία του 30' ακόμη, ήταν προτιμότερο να μην πολύ γίνουν 

γνωστά τα ονόματα των συνεργατών του Λεξικού Πρωΐας αφού ήταν λεξικό της Δημοτικής ....

 Έτσι, δεν εκπλήσσει ίσως ότι ο Ψυχάρης εξέδωσε το βιβλίο στην Kαλκούτα! Δεν πρόκειται μεν 

για ελληνική ινδολογία, ωστόσο είναι κομμάτι των ελληνοϊνδικών σχέσεων. 

Στην Kαλκούτα, προφανώς, γιατί είχε ελληνική μειονότητα, 

και το μέρος ήταν σε ασφαλή απόσταση από την Eλλάδα!

Ποιος κρύβεται πίσω από το ψευδώνυμο "Chiensis"; O μεταφραστής δεν 

ήθελε να γίνει γνωστός; Διαβάστε όλο το γράμμα.

University students launch worldwide website for Sanskrit promotion

"umd_Samskritam" began as a collaboration between DESI (www.desiumd.org), a student group at the University of Maryland and Samskrita-Bharati ( www.samskrita-bharati.org) in Feb 2005, with the intention of introducing spoken Sanskrit in daily life. Having grown into a group of over 160 members and about 15 volunteers by May 2006, in addition to coordinating the Sanskrit activities in the DC area, they decided to launch this website which aims to function as a repository of Sanskrit resources, link together Sanskrit activities around the world and also promote Sanskrit through fun, and such activities as blogging and forums. Read more

Asia - Link Programme:

Call for proposals. Deadline 19 October 2006.

The Asia-Link Programme is an initiative by the European Commission to promote regional and multilateral networking between higher education institutions in Europe and developing countries in Asia. The programme aims to promote the creation of new partnerships and new sustainable links between European and Asian higher education institutions, and to reinforce existing partnerships. Since 2002, the Programme has funded 155 partnerships that together involve over 700 higher education institutions from Asia and Europe.

For further information, please contact the staff of the Asia-Link Programme
by e-mail:   europeaid-asia-link@ec.europa.eu
or by fax::   +32-2-298 4863.

 European Database of Scholars Engaged in Research on India

At the Research Centre Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap, Ghent University, Belgium, we have developed an online database of European scholars engaged in research on India and who are either citizens of, or working in, one of the 25 European Member States. The results of this project can be consulted on ESIND - the European Studies on India Database.

ESIND provides information on people actively working on India in the humanities and the social sciences or showing a major interest in India. It offers an invaluable source to facilitate the collaboration and the creation of networks among European institutions, scholars and students of India. The online interface presents a user-friendly search engine with one-click access to names, countries, and institutes. ESIND is freely accessible via the Research Centre's website

While the present number of entries exceeds 1180 persons from 25 EU Member States, the database still intends to be as comprehensive as possible in terms of the people and information included. In order to always present you with up-to-date information we would be obliged if you could inform us about any relevant changes that might affect your record, and, if possible, forward this message to friends and/or colleagues not yet included. The database will be updated once every month. Any inquiries, comments and changes can be sent to http://us.f306.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=raf.gelders@UGent.be

E.U. Scholarships for Indians

...On March 22 2005 the European Commission (EC) and the Government of India signed an agreement through which the EC will provide Euros 33,000,000 to finance approximately 1,000 scholarships for Indian graduate students to study at Europe's finest universities.

 This agreement is part of the EC's flagship 'Erasmus Mundus' programme which supports European Masters Degrees and provides scholarships for graduate students from third countries to study on them.

Graduate students can apply for a scholarship directly to the European Erasmus Mundus Degree which interests them. Extensive information on the programme, including eligible Masters Degrees, is
available at: http://europa.eu.int/comm/education/programmes/mundus/projects/index_en.html


Vani Rao, First Secretary
Embassy of India
Adolf Frederiks Kyrkogata 12
Box 1340, 11183, Stockholm (Sweden)
Tel: 00-46-8-4117090, 107008, Fax: 248505
culture@indianembassy.se
www.indianembassy.se

European / Greek Researchers on India.

...At the Research Centre Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap (Comparative Science of Culture) at Ghent University, Belgium, we are building a database on the European Studies on India in the humanities and the social sciences (European Studies on India Database: ESIND). The aim is to include the data of all the scholars who are doing
research on India and who are either citizens of – or working in – one of the 25
European Union Member States.

The database intends to be as comprehensive as possible in terms of the research scholars included. It will be freely accessible to all on the Research Centre's website, which is currently being set up. The main purpose of the database is to facilitate the collaboration and the creation of networks among European scholars of India....

As for the Greek section of our database, it has proven to be difficult for us to find information about Greek scholars who work on India within the humanities and/or the social sciences. Any information and/or e-mail addresses of relevant scholars would be very useful for us to continue this project....

Raf Gelders
Research Assistant Fund for Scientific Research Flanders
Universiteit Gent - Ghent University
Research Centre Vergelijkende Cultuurwetenschap
Rommelaere, Apotheekstraat 5,  B-9000  Gent,  Belgium
tel: +32 (0)9 264 93 71, fax: +32 (0)9 264 94 83
e-mail: raf.gelders@UGent.be

Committee of Aid and Development, ELINEPA.

After the devastating destruction caused by the powerful earthquake of the 26^th December in the Indian Ocean, the Board of Directors of the ELINEPA has decided to  set up a Committee of Aid and Development. The aim of this Committee is to collect clothes, blankets, medicines, money and other goods* as well as to collaborate with international and local NGO’s and other institutions in order to provide emergency but also long-lasting assistance to destitute people in South Asia.

Those who are interested to participate or to help the work of the Committee of  Aid and Development are requested to contact, the General Secretary of the ELINEPA, Mr. Antony Papadopoulos, at the ELINEPA’s Office.

* All the contributions to the ELINEPA are deducted from the tax statement in Greece according to the law on the taxation of income 2238/1994 articles 8 and 13.  

Επιτροπή Βοήθειας και Ανάπτυξης, ΕΛΙΝΕΠΑ.

Μετά την τρομακτική καταστροφή που προκλήθηκε από τον ισχυρότατο σεισμό της 26^ης Δεκεμβρίου στον Ινδικό Ωκεανό, το Δ.Σ της ΕΛΙΝΕΠΑ αποφάσισε να συστήσει ­Επιτροπή Βοήθειας και Ανάπτυξης. Σκοπός της Επιτροπής αυτής είναι να συγκεντρώνει ρούχα, κουβέρτες, φάρμακα, χρήματα και άλλα αγαθά* καθώς και να συντονίζει την συνεργασία μας με εθνικούς, διεθνείς και τοπικούς οργανισμούς, σωματεία, ιδρύματα και φορείς, έτσι ώστε να μπορούμε να παράσχουμε, στα μέτρα των δυνατοτήτων μας, άμεση αλλά και μακροχρόνια υποστήριξη στους ανθρώπους που χρειάζονται βοήθεια στη Νότια Ασία.

Όσοι ενδιαφέρονται να συμμετάσχουν ή να βοηθήσουν το έργο της ­Επιτροπής Βοήθειας και Ανάπτυξης παρακαλούνται να επικοινωνήσουν με τον Γραμματέα της ΕΛΙΝΕΠΑ, κ. Αντώνη Παπαδόπουλο.

* Χρηματικές συνεισφορές προς την ΕΛΙΝΕΠΑ εκπίπτουν από την φορολογική δήλωση σύμφωνα με τον νόμο περί φορολογίας εισοδήματος 2238/1994 άρθρα 8 και 13.

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