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Poland-based Bollywood blockbuster starring ‘India’s James Bond’ a watershed moment in bilateral cultural relations, says director

Telling the story of an Indian man visiting Poland to take part in a skiing championship, the plot of No Means No quickly takes a twist after the protagonist falls in love with a Polish woman. Press materials

VIDEO: Telling the story of an Indian man visiting Poland to take part in a skiing championship, the plot of No Means No quickly takes a twist after the protagonist falls in love with a Polish woman. But, this isn’t just a love story, says director Vikash Verma. “It also underlines the strong cultural connections between the two nations.”

Passage to India! Polish investors cast their eyes towards India

A new report issued by PFR and PwC shows India as having the potential to become the most attractive market for Poles to consider investing in.

Poland isn't racist! Indian in Poland

Meet Sayali Rahate, an Indian youtuber in Poland who's been busy telling the world about places to visit and her experience of living in Poland.

Remains of 2,000-year-old monkeys buried like sleeping CHILDREN reveal Romans and ancient Egyptians imported them from India as household pets

Professor Marta Osypińska, a zooarchaeologist from the Polish Academy of Sciences, described the find as ‘unique’, saying: “Until now, no one has found Indian monkeys at archaeological sites in Africa. Interestingly, even ancient written sources don’t mention this practice.”

Monument to Poles who took refuge in India during WWII unveiled in moving ceremony

Between 1942 and 1948, Polish refuges arrived in Valivade, on the outskirts of  Kolhapur, to escape the horrors of war.

Polish national air carrier resumes flights to India

Poland's national air carrier LOT has resumed direct flights to India after many years, LOT CEO Rafał Milczarski has announced. On Wednesday, a Polish LOT Dreamliner left for New Delhi, which is LOT's sixth Asian destination.

Photographer’s stunning portraits of Indian locals sends internet into meltdown

Magdalena Bagiranow spent months crossing India and capturing dozens of beautiful portraits reflecting the cultural richness of the locals. She told TFN: “Creating a portrait that evokes a feeling, emotion or positive response from the viewer is what drives me but capturing connection with people is my greatest inspiration.”

More and more Indian workers to arrive in Poland

Up to 25,000 people are awaiting Polish work visas in the embassy in New Delhi, India, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna (DGP) daily wrote on Monday.

Indian ship recycling company to open European headquarters in Poland

The Indian company Baijnath Melaram specialising in ship recycling will open its European headquarters in Szczecin, north-western Poland, the company's representative and members of the West Pomeranian Indian Chamber of Commerce (ZIIG) announced on Friday.

Poles want to help lepers in India

Students from Poznan, west-central Poland, want to rebuild a home for lepers in India on the centenary of the birth of Fr. Marian Zelazek. A native of Poznan, he was a missionary who for years headed a leper colony in Puri, India.

Top 5 articles:

  • Mayor offers reward to first couple to have a boy in village where only girls are born
  • It’s official! Kraków is the best place in Europe for food, says European Academy of Gastronomy
  • Poland in COVID-19 LOCKDOWN! PM orders bars, restaurants, shopping centres and borders closed - and cancels ALL flights
  • Villager finds stash of 17th-century coins after falling off his bike while looking for mushrooms
  • The systematic massacre of all children under 10 will forever be a stain on humanity, says TFN’s Stuart Dowell
Art & Culture

Tokarczuk teams up with illustrator Joanna Concejo for latest book described as ‘an experiment with form’

The picture book which was first published in Polish in 2017 as ‘Zagubiona dusza’ has now been translated into English under the title ‘The Lost Soul’.

The first report:

  • Opposition presents pandemic aid programme
  • Ruling Law and Justice continues to have highest voter support - poll
  • Belarus protests Enduring Soldiers commemoration in east Poland
  • Poland’s Świątek wins Adelaide International tennis tournament
  • PM presents National Recovery Plan

Exclusive

‘I grew up in death camp house’: Extraordinary story of women born in Auschwitz and who has lived there ever since

Once asked to draw the view from her bedroom window for homework, Anna Odi couldn’t decide whether to draw the crematorium or the gallows where Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Hoess was executed. She told TFN: “I think I am a hostage to the stories of people who experienced this hell. I am continuing what my parents started, to be a witness. Like my parents, I owe it to the victims.”

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