A small number of Greek mountaineers made a huge step on a newly discovered icecap in the Himalayas, a few days ago. The mountain climbers began their amazing 3 week journey on July 2 and spent 19 days on the mountain under extreme weather conditions. The team had traveled specifically to India to explore the huge mountain range in [...]

The Indian Navy and Coast Guard on Sunday nabbed over twenty pirates.  They were seized from a hijacked Greek vessel and a pirate mother ship as well as rescuing the original crew. The joint operation was carried about one-hundred nautical miles west of Lakshadweep, a Navy spokesperson said. The Greek-flagged merchant vessel Chios was reported [...]

Bollywood celebrities, sportspersons and socialites gathered in Mumbai on Sunday to welcome the arrival of torch for the Marathon Flame from Athens. The torch lit the Marathon Flame for the Mumbai Marathon to be staged in the city on January 17. Champion marathon runner Maria Polyzou of Greece escorted the torch from Athens to India. [...]

The 11th annual Mumbai Film Festival (Oct 29-Nov 5) will open with a screening of Steven Soderbergh’s The Informant! and close with The Dust Of Time, from Greek master Theo Angelopoulos. 11th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF) will honour two extremely talented film-makers from India and abroad. Indian actor-producer Shashi Kapoor will receive the Indian lifetime [...]

Calcutta- Sister Nectaria Paradisi, who has been in Calcutta since 1991, describes the work of the Greek Orthodox Mission in India. She sent the following to our newspaper Greek Insight: «Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, greetings in the Name of the Lord! I am glad for the opportunity that is afforded to me, to [...]