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India students celebrate New Year in Armenia: “There is no better town than Yerevan” Video

January 1, 2017 By administrator

YEREVAN. – Indian students, who continue their further education in Armenia, also take part in the New Year celebrations in the country.

To fully enjoy the Armenian New Year, however, they lack the experience of tasting the traditional dolma dish, since they do not eat beef.

Priyansh Sharma, a fifth-year student at Yerevan State Medical University, is in Armenia ever since 2012, and he now speaks Armenian very well.

Priyansh told Armenian News-NEWS.am that he had passed his first Armenian-language “exam” speaking with taxi drivers.

But aside from New Year activities, Priyansh and his friends also told us about their impressions of Armenia as well as their favorite Armenian singers and songs.

And these Indian students characterized the capital city of Armenia with the lyrics of one these songs: “There is no better town than Yerevan.”

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India: For the Love of Armine: Indian author says his new novel is tribute to memory of Armenian Genocide victims

October 27, 2015 By administrator

Abie Alexander

Abie Alexander

Abie Alexander’s new book “For the Love of Armine” that tells about a love story between a young Armenian woman, Armine, and an Indian man is a tribute to the memory of the 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide on the 100th anniversary of the massacres.

The author of the book, an Indian based in the United States, says that writing about the Armenian Genocide was on his mind for a long time, but he did not want to make it a documentary, or simply a description of some facts.

“I tried to write in such a way that the Genocide could be presented in a clear way to the reader, but without being too explicit.

The events take place in the 1970s and in 2005, but the entire book is about the Genocide and the events that happened 100 years ago,” says Alexander. “I had two goals in writing the book: to show to young Diaspora Armenians what sufferings their ancestors went through and finally to inform non-Armenian readers about the Armenian Genocide.”

The novel about the young couple’s love story weaves a tapestry of the history and culture of the Armenian people going back in time to their very beginnings as a nation and down to the traumatic Genocide in 1915 at the hands of the Turks of the Ottoman Empire. The events described in the book take place in India’s southern Kerala state, which is known worldwide for its production of various spices which are in high demand. The writer presents Kerala Armenians, who miraculously survived the Genocide, and settling down in a new place established the settlement of New Garni and got engaged in trade.

Alexander says that whichever country he is in he tries to find a local Armenian church there, visits and studies it.

“The Armenian Diaspora is unique and special. They adapt to the environment never losing their identity. And the Diaspora is the main theme of my book. I present the small Armenian community, which, like many other Armenian communities around the world, seeks to preserve its ethnic traditions, culture, language, and most importantly, faith in the Armenian Apostolic Church,” says Alexander.

A financier by profession, Alexander worked for the State Bank of India for many years and then for World Vision and Search for Common Ground. Now he is Chief Financial Officer for Institute for Development Impact. The 62-year-old says he has traveled to and managed projects in India, the United States, Armenia, Uzbekistan, and several counties in South East Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe. At present, he lives and works in the United States.

Alexander does not consider himself a writer, but the “For the Love of Armine” novel is actually his fifth book.

For the first time he learned about Armenia in 2005 in Cyprus, where he attended a training course organized by World Vision.

“It was then that I first met Armenians and learned about them. One day, our group traveled to the Turkish part of Cyprus, where a problem arose on the border between frontier officers and two Armenian women of our group, who were not allowed to cross the border. The following day they told me about Armenia, Armenians and everything which is connected with this wonderful country,” says Alexander. “I first came to Armenia in 2006 and the very first moment I got off the plane, I don’t know why but I fell in love with this country,” he adds.

The book “For the Love of Armine” was published in three languages – Armenian, English and Russian. The English and Armenian versions are already on sale online.

Source: By Gayane Mkrtchyan
ArmeniaNow reporter

Filed Under: Articles, Books, Genocide Tagged With: armine, author, book, indian, love

President of Turkey Shocked to Learn Most Americans Already Know About Genocide Against Native Americans

May 6, 2015 By administrator

by Scott N. Towel

347412_Recep-Tayyip-ErdoganAt a press conference called to condemn Pope Francis for saying that Turkey did ‘you know what to you know who,’ Turkish President Recep Erdogan was surprised to learn that most Americans know of their nation’s genocide against millions of Native American. Report The Israeli Daily

A reporter questioned Erdogan about the Turks continual refusal to accept their intentional killing of 1.5 million Armenians during WWI, through mass deportation, starvation, and outright murder. An angry Erdogan responded, “You are ignorant to make such a claim. How would America feel if I went to the UN and shamed them by demanded that they acknowledge their responsibility in the death of all those Indians – I mean the feather ones, not the dot ones?”

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When the reporter explained that President Obama had in fact apologized to the Native Americans back in 2009, the Turkish president grew visibly perplexed. “Really? And nobody rioted? Didn’t people take this as a sign that Obama isn’t a real American?”

The conversation went on for some time, as reporters tried to explain the long, complex, and brutal history of the United States’ relationship with Native Americans. One reporter suggested that there were many potential paths forward Turkey might take. He gave the example of Native American Tribes building wealth by being given concessions to own casinos. Erdogan considered this. “Interesting. So I would let Armenians open casinos? One question: do I have to let them win?”

In related news, it has not been confirmed that the Turkish President was reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States in the image above.

Filed Under: Articles, Genocide Tagged With: American, Erdogan, Genocide, indian, shocked

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