📆 On September 28, Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in India Yulia Aryaeva took part in the International Literary Festival “Translations of Vasily Shukshin’s Works in the Languages ​​of the World” organized in an online format by the Russian State University for the Humanities jointly with the Jawaharlal Nehru University.

👥 The event dedicated to the 95th birth anniversary of Vasily Shukshin (1929-1974), brought together students and teachers from Russian and Indian educational institutions, universities of the CIS countries.

📹 The programme included reading stories by the outstanding Russian writer in different languages ​​of the world as well as a discussion of the prospects for translating Shukshin’s films into Indian languages.

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📚 On 19 October, a new season of the Delhi reading club "Brunch with a Book" at the Atlas Social and Cultural Centre started.

📝 During the meeting dedicated to Mikhail Sholokhov's novel "And Quiet Flows the Don", Member of Russian Parliament — the State Duma and writer's grandson Alexander Sholokhov told the audience about little-known pages of the biography of the outstanding writer, shared his personal memories.

📼 Scientific secretary of the State Museum-Reserve of Mikhail Sholokhov Lydia Slyusarenko presented the history of the museum, told about the Sholokhov’s family and the contribution of each member to the preservation of the Nobel laureate's heritage and Cossack culture in general.

👥 The participants of the reading club — Russian compatriots, diplomats, students of the Embassy School — discussed the complicated history of the Don Cossacks, masterfully described in the epic novel, as well as the film adaptations based on it.

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