Slovenia pays tribute to Nehru

The mayor hoped that far more Indian tourists would visit the pristine district, situated less than two hours by road from Venice, and offered Indian entrepreneurs expertise in horticulture and fruit processing, including the manufacture of fine wines.

The town of Medana in Goriska Brda was home to Slovenian poet Alojz Gradnik, who devoted his life to translating many significant works of Indian poet-laureate Rabindranath Tagore into Slovene. Gradnik's translations of Tagore's poetry still have pride of place in an international festival of poetry, 'Sanje Medana', held in August each year in his memory.

An exhibition of Tagore's paintings sent by ICCR will be displayed at the medieval village of Smartno from Aug 7, the death anniversary of Tagore, until Sep 10 and a concert based on Rabindra Sangeet presented by the new Indo-Slovenian musical group "Triglav".

Goriska Brda plans to celebrate the 125th birth anniversary of Nehru by celebrating Children's Day on Nov 14 and holding an exhibition of photographs of his lifetime.