Indians say that whenever foreigners come to India, they experience two shocks. First is the cultural shock, because India is completely chaotic, and you need to realize yourself by your own definition in that ocean.
We said a prayer and lit some candles and I also rang the bells. A special prayer was also said for the Armenians in Syria, in the hope that peace returns. I also placed some flowers on the grave of the father of Armenian journalism, Rev Haruthiun Shmavonian grave.
On December 18, 2012, members of Armenian community in India marked the 300th anniversary of Chennai’s (Madras) St Mary Armenian Church. Rev. Fr. Geghart celebrated the Divine Liturgy followed by a requiem service.
On December 15, 2012, the Indo-Armenian Friendship NGO (IAF) organised an interactive session between Dr. T. Suresh Babu, the newly appointed Ambassador of India to Armenia and Georgia, and members of IAF at India’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
In India, as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Week 19-25 November, the Surat Science Museum holds an exhibition that spotlights the Armenian graves of the city of Surat. The exhibition has already caught the attention of the local residents who attended. The exhibition, run by the Surat Science Museum has a photo gallery of the Armenian graves with the English translations beside them.
A chance viewing of a posting on the social network site of Facebook led to a joint international effort to uncover some hitherto previously unknown and unseen historically important Armenian graves at Surat in India.
Liz Chater, a family history researcher, announces that the first book in a series of biographical ‘lifestyle accounts’ that highlight the remarkable life of Sir Catchick Paul Chater, an Indian Armenian businessman, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries has now been published.
The Armenian community in the Dutch East Indies constituted a little known minority. This article is an English translation of an article, published in the monthly magazine Filatelie. .
Family history researcher Liz Chater has completed her book: "Armenian Graves, Inscriptions and Memorials in India – DACCA – 1722-1977".