KBSU students from India participated via videoconference in the presentation of Zarina Kanukova’s book in New Delhi

Students of the Kabardino-Balkarian State University named after Kh.M. Berbekov, having connected to the teleconference, took part in the presentation of the book «Tales of the Heart» by Zarina Kanukova. The playwright from Kabardino-Balkaria presented a collection of her works at the Russian Center for Science and Culture in New Delhi.

The book was translated into Hindi. Based on one of the plays included in the collection, director Ramesh Khann staged a performance, the performance took place that same evening.

The author, together with KBSU students from India, connected to the event via teleconference from the Nalchik city library.

In a welcoming letter, the executive director of the non-profit organization «Institute of Translation» Evgeny Reznicenko thanked the initiators of the project for supporting and promoting translations of Russian literature into the languages ​​of India, and for helping to strengthen cultural ties between peoples.

The works of Vasily Shukshin and Zarina Kanukova, published within the framework of the grant program of the Institute of Translation, will gain a second wind, being embodied on the stage of the Russian House in New Delhi,

— the letter says.

Separately, translator Ved Kumar Sharma was noted, thanks to whom the texts of Vasily Shukshin and Zarina Kanukova were heard in Hindi.

Poet, writer, editor-in-chief of the newspaper «Goryanka» Zarina Kanukova is the author of 10 books, writes in her native Kabardino-Circassian language, translates texts into Russian and is engaged in the promotion of works at the international level.

The play «They Lived and Always» (ShchyIashch, pseuashch, shchyIenushch), based on which the performance in New Delhi was staged, was written several years ago and won first place in the regional competition for the best play in the Adyghe language. The play, translated into Russian, was performed by actors of the Russian Drama Theater in Krasnoyarsk (2021) and students of GITIS (2020) as part of international literary projects.

After the performance, a 6th-year student of the Medical Academy Yadav Saurabh Suresh Kumar shared his impressions and thoughts about the educational process at KBSU.

For us, foreign students, the most important thing is the curriculum, which includes many opportunities. For example, extracurricular activities, conferences and more. Everyone can find an activity that matches their hobbies, both in music and dance — in any area to which the student’s soul and heart lies. KBSU provides opportunities and the best support to students so that they can show their talents. For example, today we are at a meeting with the writer Zarina Kanukova. She wrote the play «Tales of the Heart», which was staged here in India. And now the performance was shown, which was translated into Hindi. I am proud of the opportunity to study at KBSU and observe such a connection of cultures,

— noted Yadav Saurabh Suresh Kumar.

Zarina Kanukova thanked the KBSU students from India for their active participation in the presentation of the book, noting the unifying factor of such meetings.