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Yimel Diaz and Juan Dufflar
For 65 years every January 26, India celebrates its Day of the Republic. It was the day when the Constitution came into effect where it was recognized the territory as a sovereign, secular and democratic Republic. All these years, this document has been amended about 90 times but it still as one of the most extensive and detailed document of the world.
The condition of colony of the British Empire was left behind and became reality the pacific dreams of the representative of independence, Mahatma Gandhi.
The Republic of India is the second most populated country of the world (1,2 billion inhabitants), after China and the seventh most extensive. Its capital is New Delhi, although Bombay has more population. The Federation is made of 29 states in seven territories, all organized in a parliamentarian democracy.
The origins of this country are 4, 000 years B.C. In its evolution highlights the assimilation of cultures that invaded the country all along its history. In this way, the India’s cultural patchwork is currently made, where some of the most important religions coexist like Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism, the Judaism, Catholicism and Islam.
India and Cuba have had excellent relations for more than 55 years. In the last three years, the current ambassador, Chinthapally Rajasekhar has hardly worked to reflect “how close our peoples are.”
India is an immense and beautiful country, with several religions and cultures,” said to Trabajadores Newspaper. “It is a great pleasure for us to be the first Asian country that is a special guest to the International Book Fair that will take place next February in Cuba, and although were not geographic neighbors, it shows there is a great affection between our two peoples and leaders.
We will make good use of this opportunity because there are many points of contact between us that go beyond common positions in the international arena. The relations are not only based on policy, but there are also coincidences in the way we face life. We want to leave a long lasting impression of our culture, so, the idea is to offer a complete experience with the best of India, to approach the Cuban hearts.
“This event will be a pretext for many important personalities to visit Cuba. Among them will be Doctor Rajendra K. Pachauri, Peace Nobel Prize in 2004, who will participate in a panel on weather change. There will also come five artisan teachers who are considered alive national treasures and the folk dance group Rajasthani, leaded by Nirmala Kumari and made of eight dancers.
“India has systematically pronounced for the lifting of the economic, commercial and finance blockade imposed by the United States (U.S.) against Cuba that had caused so many prejudices to the Cuban people, and we are very happy with the release of the Cuban Five antiterrorist fighters that were held in the US for fighting terrorism against Cuba. The day they returned, it was celebrated in several communities in India, as if it were our own victory too.
“There are perspectives to increase collaboration in drug industry and develop those already established in agriculture, education, bio-technology, computerization, sports and the textile industry. Some of those topics were debated during the official visit held by the end of 2013 of the vice president of India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari who was welcomed by the Cuban President Raul Castro Ruz.”
Ambassador Rajasekhar, who is at present writing a book where he intends to reflect the great experience he had lived in Cuba, is well known as a fervent admired of Jose Marti, personality that reminds him Rabindranath Tagore: “They are both like the soul of our peoples and it is not a coincidence that there many ethical and poetical points of view among them.”
