Writers and cultural figures of Russia, India and Iran discussed the past, present and future of literature in the framework of the discussion "Contemporary Literature in the BRICS Countries" held at the Russian House in New Delhi,occationed with the International Book Fair, which is taking place these days in the Indian capital.The event was attended by Dr Fariddodin Farid Asr, Cultural Advisor of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in India, Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr Ayoub Dehghan Kar, one of the most popular contemporary Iranian authors, novelist and translator Mr Mostafa Mastoori, famous Indian writers and poets Mr Liladhar Mandloy and Mr Indrajit Singh, poet and editor of «Modern Indian Literature» magazine Mrs Sakrita Kumar, writer and translator Dr Sonu Saini, writer, journalist, editor-in-chief of the «Yunost’» magazine Mr Sergei Shargunov, director of the Museum of the History of Russian Literature named after V.I. Dal’ Dr Dmitry Bak, young Russian authors - prose writer Ms Anna Shipilova and poet Mr Vasily Natsentov, as well as translators, Russianists, representatives of the publishing houses, and book fairs. The discussion was moderated by Dr Elena Remizova, Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo Representative Office in India.
During the three-hour meeting, the participants shared their views on contemporary literature in their countries, touched upon the problems of translation and the need to understand the cultural content of the original text, noted a small number of translations by contemporary authors and low awareness of the trends in the literature of neighboring countries, discussed possible ways to popularize literature and reading culture, put forward the idea of creating a literary platform of the BRICS countries.The parties agreed to continue this format of literary discussion within the framework of the Tehran Book Fair in May and the Moscow Book Fair in September this year.

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Within the framework of the International Book Fair and with the support of the Rossotrudnichestvo Representative Office, a meeting of Russian and Indian writers on translation problems was held at the Sahitya Academy. President of the Academy Dr Madhav Kaushik, Secretary of the Academy Dr Srinivasa Rao, Head of the Rossotrudnichestvo representative office in India Dr Elena Remizova, cultural Adviser of the Russian Embassy in India Mrs Yulia Aryaeva addressed the guests with a welcoming speech.Members of the Russian delegation - writer, journalist, editor of the «Yunost’» magazine Mr Sergei Shargunov, Director of the Museum of the History of Russian Literature Dr Dmitry Bak, writers Ms Anna Shipilova and Mr Vasily Natsentov — shared their views on modern translation . In turn, the famous Indian Russian translators Prof Hem Chandra Pande, Prof Pankaj Malviya, Dr Ranjana Saxena, Dr Ranjana Bannerjee, Dr Kiran Singh Verma, Dr Sonu Saini spoke about the experience of translating from Russian into various Indian languages, as well as about the history of the publication in India of books of Soviet and Russian writers and poets.
The parties agreed to work out the idea of publishing works by contemporary Indian authors in Russian magazines, as well as encouraging Indian translators working with texts of contemporary Russian writers and poets.

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Within the framework of the International Book Fair in New Delhi, with the support of the Representative Office of Rossotrudnichestvo, a presentation of the book "Land of Olives and Milkweed: My Ethnographic Study of Northern Bengal" was held. The author of the book, ethnographer, Doctor of Historical Sciences Svetlana Ryzhakova, presented her work on the International stage, telling about the cultural traditions and unique aspects of the life of the peoples of Northern Bengal.
The presentation aroused keen interest among writers, ethnographers and guests of the fair.
Some of the copies were donated to leading universities in India.

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