Devanshi Joshi. Vadodara/DNA
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
“Israel plans to start a dairy farm in Gujarat, which will be equipped with modern technology, but certain details need to be finalised before this can
happen,” said Orna Sagiv, Israels Mumbai-based Consul General, who visited Vadodara on Monday for the start of a five-day film festival which began on Monday.
Walk on Water, Campfire and Passover Fire and Troop will feature in the first-of-its-kind Israeli film festival in the city. The event has been organised by the Friends of Israel society — which works for cultural exchange between India and Israel —to familiarise Israeli culture in the city. “We hope to make the event both entertaining and informative. I have been to Israel and think its culture is as rich as Indias. The idea behind the film festival was to help people here share that culture,” said Friends of Israels Siddhartha Dave.Sagiv added, “India and Israel both have a rich culture. Such cultural exchange programmes are important since they help one country learn about another, and movies make the exchange light and easy,” she said.
On the Mumbai terror attack, she said she felt the world needs to unite against terrorism.She also commented on the effects of the slowdown on her country. “The global recession has affected Israel, but not as badly as other countries.”
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