Last week Lithuanian embassy presented Shimon Lev book “From Lithuania to Santiniketan: Schlomith Flaum & Rabindranath Tagore”. In the event the author of the Shimon Lev, Israel ambassador Daniel Carmon, Lithuanian Jewish (Litvak) Community Chairwoman Faina Kukliansky, Lithuanian ambassador Laimonas Talat-Kelpša and other honorable guests. Presentation of the book received a lot of attention in Lithuanian and Indian media, Hindustan Times, newspaper released in 1,2 mln. copies, published an article about the presentation of a book. This attention introduced Kaunas born Litvak traveler Schlomith Flaum to wider audience.
You can hear interview with ambassador Laimonas Talat-Kelpša for LRT radio (in Lithuanian) (02:37:35 – 02:51:38 min) here:
http://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/1013687311/ryto-garsai-2018-03-19-06-30#wowzaplaystart=0&wowzaplayduration=11827000
And release in the news in LTV (10:59 – 13:21 min) in Lithuanian:
http://www.lrt.lt/mediateka/irasas/1013687418/zinios#wowzaplaystart=0&wowzaplayduration=849000
The release of the book was partially financed by the Good Will Foundation implementing the UAB “Makas” project No. GVF-242/2017(2)PR.
You can see the moments of presentation of the book in pictures.
