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34 CHRONICLE OF FRIENDS OF INDIA CLUB’S LIFE: 2017

On November 24th, 2016, at the Centre for the celebration of the 70th anniversary of India’s
Eastern Languages and Cultures of Sofia Univer- Independence.
sity on an organised by the Friends of India Club On March 28th at Session Hall 1 of SU a
event Prof. Vera Gancheva, a founder-member of one-day forum “India in the Bulgarian Cultural
FIC, donated books for CELC’s library. Mr P. S. Space” was held in which 17 Bulgarian writers,
Nair from the Embassy of India to Sofia attended. translators, publishers, journalists, artists, art-
At the function to mark the Day of Indian Con-
stitution which followed with a programme by
Indology students, Prof. Vooshamala Krishna,
guest-professor at the Indology Department of
SU, gave lecture 34 in FIC’s Lectoria on “Dr B. R.
Ambedkar: the Architect of Modern India”.
On December 14th, 2016, at CELC of SU a
presentation was made by Christina Vlahova on
“Rohit Bal and the Eternal Beauty of India” with
screening of a documentary on the eminent Indi-
an designer, and launch of issue 18 of “Svetilnik”
magazine, attended by HE R. K. Sachdeva, Am-
bassador of India to Sofia.
On January 24th, 2017, FIC was partner in
the Evening of India at the Sofia MENAR Film
Festival with a programme of Indian dances and
screening of the Hindi feature film “Queen”.
On February 6th at Sofia Press Gallery the
exhibition “Dust on the Feet, Light in the Eyes”
was opened, containing photographs from South
India taken by art-historian Dr Plamena Dimi-
trova-Racheva, co-organised with the Union of historians, academics took part. It was addressed
Bulgarian Artists, on till February 27th. Amba- by Ambassador Sachdeva and was a major event
ssador Sachdeva graced the event. in the India@70 programme of FIC.
On February 22nd at the Conference Hall of From March 29th to April 6 th at the Bulgaria
Sofia University Dr Antoaneta Zarkova presented Gallery the “Signs on the Path” exhibition of Dr
a lecture on “Panchakarma Ayurvedic Therapy”, Plamena Racheva was shown – photographs of
third in the cycle “Introduction to Ayurveda”. rangoli and mandala from North India and Ne-
On March 15th at Sofia University’s restaurant pal, as part of the India@70 programme of FIC,
the most active Bulgarian organizations work- with an opening on March 31st following the
ing with India gathered on FIC’s initiative to bid performance of sitar player Ustad Irshad Khan
farewell to His Excellency and Mme Sachdeva on at the Bulgaria Concert Hall, organised by the
the occasion of their departure from Bulgaria, as Devam Foundation to which FIC was partner for
well as to promote the activities in Bulgaria for the event along with Sofia Philharmonic.