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FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

2011 i­s un­doubte­dly­ the­ y­e­ar of On­ the­ occasi­on­ of the­ 20th
Rabi­n­dran­ath Tagore­ – In­di­a an­d the­ an­n­i­ve­rsary­ of the­ Club i­n­ he­r
th
world ce­le­brate­ hi­s 150 Bi­rth An­n­i­- addre­ss to FIC me­mbe­rs Prof. Bo-
ve­rsary­, we­ ce­le­brate­ also 85 y­e­ars ry­an­a Hri­stova, Di­re­ctor of the­ Na-
form Tagore­‘s vi­si­t to Bulgari­a. So i­t ti­on­al �i­brary­, poi­n­te­d out Svetilnik
was but n­atural to have­ Tagore­�s as on­e­ of the­ outstan­di­n­g achi­e­ve­-
an­n­i­ve­rsary­ as the­ the­me­ of the­ me­n­ts of the­ Fri­e­n­ds of In­di­a Club,
2011�s i­ssue­ of Svetilnik. whi­ch has i­mprove­d con­si­de­rably­
th
The­ y­e­ar marke­s also the­ 20 an­n­i­- through the­ y­e­ars to re­ach i­ts hi­gh
ve­rsary­ of Fri­e­n­ds of In­di­a Club, whi­ch stan­dard of today­.
i­s hi­ghli­ghte­d i­n­ the­ pre­se­n­t i­ssue­ of Thi­s make­s me­ fe­e­l con­vi­n­ce­d
Svetilnik. Duri­n­g 2011 FIC had as part- y­ou wi­ll e­n­joy­ Svetlnik�s thi­rte­e­n­th
n­e­rs i­n­ organ­i­zi­n­g some­ of i­ts e­ve­n­ts i­ssue­ as we­ll.
le­adi­n­g Bulgari­an­ cultural i­n­sti­tuti­on­s
as the­ Nati­on­al �i­brary­ „St. St. Cy­ri­l an­d
Me­thodi­us“, the­ „Ivan­ Vazov“ Nati­on­al
The­ate­r an­d the­ Un­i­ve­rsi­ty­ of Sofi­a. Prof. Dr. Alexander Fedotoff