‘The second sex’ in Russian and Marathi literature
April 19, 2012 Priyanka Gera, RIR
Women’s issues, especially perspectives on “the Body” portrayed by Russian and Marathi women writers are the subject of recent study by Dr. Megha Pansare, Associate Professor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Translating Tagore: tough but tremendous
March 27, 2012 Elena Krovvidi, RIR
Dr. Tatiana Morozova for the first time ever put Tagore’s poems to western classical music notation. With the release of her book “Rabindranath Tagore – Geetanjali – Musical Poems”, Tagore’s poetry will reach an even wider audience
The book on Medieval India by leading Russian scholar released in New Delhi
March 27, 2012
Official release of the book by the leading Russian scientist Dr. Eugenia Vanina was held in New Delhi on February 28. "Medieval Indian Mindscapes - Space, Time, Society and Man" has been published in India by Primus Books, a well-known publishing ho
Tolstoy lives
March 21, 2012 Aditya Sinha, rusembassy.in
The writer is the DNA Editor-in-Chief Aditya Sinha ponders over Leo Tolstoy’s epic War and Peace.
Retracing India of the “Soviet Jules Verne”
January 26, 2012 Eugenia Vanina, specially for RIR
Russian science fiction writer Alexander Belyayev was a visionary of sorts. Bedridden and sick, he never travelled to India, but his imagination helps him evoke India in all its complexity and richness in Ariel, his last novel before he died.
Chekhov’s tryst with the ‘paradise’ island in the Indian Ocean
January 10, 2012 Ajay Kamalakaran, specially for RIR from Colombo, Sri Lanka
The great Russian author and playwright Anton Chekhov never visited India but he managed to spend 3 days on an island often described as “the teardrop of India,” that is Sri Lanka.
Medvedev presents award to Indian writer Achala Moulik
November 10, 2011 Combined reports
Dmitry Medvedev presented state decorations to foreign citizens for their contribution to strengthening friendship, cooperation and cultural ties with Russia. Indian writer, publicist and playwright Achala Moulik received the Pushkin Medal.
