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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

6 months

Bélgica 🇧🇪, junto con toda la UE 🇪🇺, apoya plenamente al gobierno y al pueblo de Ecuador 🇪🇨 en su lucha contra las organizaciones delictivas organizadas. Condenamos totalmente los atroces ataques contra la estabilidad y la democracia. @CancilleriaEc @MinGobiernoEc @Presidencia_Ec

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2 years

Ayer presente las cartas credenciales Como Embajador del Reino de Bélgica en Ecuador al Presidente @LassoGuillermo en el palacio de Gobierno. Ratificando nuestros lazos de cooperación y entendimiento mutuo. 🇪🇨 🇧🇪🤝

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4 years

During the past two months almost 50 Belgians were able to return home from Kerala 🇮🇳 during the COVID-19 pandemic. This could be done in a safe and effective manner thanks to a good collaboration with the local authorities in Kerala, including the Tourism Ministry 🙏 🇮🇳🇪🇺🇧🇪🤝

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1 year

Sunsets on the Pacific 🌊 from the 🇧🇪 residence in 🇵🇪 Every evening a different spectacle 🙂

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@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

Excellent meeting today with Minister for Tamil Official Language, Tamil Culture and Archeology @mafoikprajan ! We explored a wide variety of possible fields of cooperation between Tamil Nadu and Belgium. @BelgiuminIndia 🇮🇳🇧🇪🤝👍

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@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Today on Remembrance Day🌹we commemorate the armistice of World War I. We also remember the approximately 9.000 Indian 🇮🇳 soldiers who lost their lives in Belgium and Northern France during the conflict. 📷 Indian soldiers in 🇧🇪 courtesy @IndiaHistorypic #RemembranceDay2020

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2 years

Ayer con el Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores y Movilidad Humana de Ecuador, S.E. @juancaholguin , firmamos un Memorando de Entendimiento (MdE) para establecer consultas bilaterales periódicas entre Ecuador 🇪🇨 y Bélgica 🇧🇪 🇪🇨🇧🇪🤝

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

11 months

Bélgica condena enérgicamente el asesinato del candidato presidencial Fernando Villavicencio. Es un ataque contra la democracia ecuatoriana y sus instituciones.

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4 years

Indian 🇮🇳 soldiers in a street in Belgium’s 🇧🇪 Ypres in 1914 during World War I. And the same street in 2010. Next time in Ypres I must visit. Grateful to all Indian soldiers who contributed and gave their lives 🙏

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@IndiaHistorypic

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1914 ( World War I ) :: Indian Soldiers In Belgium 2010 :: Same Location In 2010 National Museum Delhi

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5 years

Belgian 🇧🇪 world renowned DJ’s @dimitrivegas and @likemike will soon be in India 🇮🇳 for their biggest 🇮🇳 tour ever @SunburnFestival ! Four cities - two in the South: 7/11 in Bangalore, 8/11 in Hyderabad, 9/11 in Delhi and 10/11 in Mumbai. @BelgiuminIndia @DJmag @BelgiumMFA

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2 years

Bélgica y la Unión Europea se solidarizan plenamente con Ecuador en la lucha contra el crimen organizado. Juntos ganaremos esta lucha. 🇪🇨🇪🇺🇧🇪🤝 @CancilleriaEc @BelgiumMFA @BelgicaenLima

Peter Stano

@ExtSpoxEU

2 years

Ecuador: 🇪🇺 expresa su solidaridad y condena los atentados contra el estado de derecho, funcionarios públicos y ciudadanos. Reiteramos apoyo a 🇪🇨 en lucha contra crimen organizado y narcotráfico internacional. Reforzaremos cooperación en materia de seguridad @ELPAcCTO

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5 years

Happy King's Day to all Belgians around the world! 🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪🇧🇪 #KingsDay #Belgium #Monarchy #BelgiuminIndia

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5 years

2019 was an incredible year for Belgium 🇧🇪 in South India 🇮🇳 I look forward to next year wishing everyone a fantastic 2020! #NewYear2020

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

3 years

Great welcoming last night in Lima airport by my Deputy @BelgicaenLima Joren Selleslaghs @jsellesl and first Zoom meeting today with all members of the embassy. Cannot wait to meet everyone in person in the office next week after having observed some days of home quarantine!

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Mark Van de Vreken

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2 years

Excellent meeting today with Ecuadorian 🇪🇨 Foreign Minister @juancaholguin We discussed a wide range of topics. I particularly thanked him for Ecuador’s firm stance on Russia’s agression against Ukraine. Our excellent bilateral relations continue to thrive. #AsambleaOEA

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Full house at the dinner-cocktail I hosted last night in Bangalore for the Indian 🇮🇳 alumni of Belgium’s 🇧🇪 @KU_Leuven The dinner was preceded by a roundtable on sustainability and universities chaired by Vice Rector for Science, Engineering and Technology @gerardgovers

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Happy King’s Day to the Belgians 🇧🇪 in South India and the friends of the Consulate General in Chennai 🇮🇳! Stay tuned for our virtual celebrations tomorrow on our Facebook page “Consulate General of Belgium in Chennai”!🙂 #BelgiuminIndia #FocusonBelgium #BEatHome #KingsDay2020

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

3 years

Very happy I received the first dose of my #ShotOfHope 💉 today. All those who are eligible should go and get their Covid-19 vaccine to protect themselves, their loved ones and society. Together we can win this fight 🙂

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

3 years

Belgium stands in solidarity with India in the current epidemiological crisis 🇧🇪🤝🇮🇳. Belgium will draw on its stocks and send 9000 vials of Remdesivir to India as part of #TeamEurope4India coordinated by the EU 🇪🇺. The vials should leave for India on Friday! #EUwithIndia

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

2 years

¿El Embajador de Canadá aceptará mi desafío? 😊 🇨🇦🇧🇪⚽️ @CanadaenPeru #Qatar2022 #Mundial2022

Embajada de Bélgica para Perú, Bolivia y Ecuador

@BelgicaenLima

2 years

#Mundial Nuestro Embajador desafía con un reto delicioso al Embajador de @CanadaenPeru en el marco del primer partido⚽ #B élgicaCanadá. Quien ganará el primer partido entre nuestros equipos? 💪 El perdedor tendrá que preparar una especialidad ríquisma de su país para el ganador!

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5 years

Visit by 🇧🇪 @StartupsBe delegation to #Hyderabad and #Bangalore 🇮🇳 The startup scene in HYD and BLR is beyond limits. 🙏 for hosting us in HYD @HyderabadAngels @THubHyd @isproutbc @3E_renewables and #CorsendonckIndia 👏 to @SettleMintCom for starting in 🇮🇳 #IndiaHouseLeuven

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

6 years

Last Saturday’s “Belgium Grooves Hyderabad” by @BollyliciousBE . Organized with Saptaparni and Avasa hotels in presence of, among others, @Cyient Founder & Chairman, @drreddys Chairman and CEO, @USCGHyderabad and Principal Secretary IT @jayesh_ranjan . 🇧🇪🇮🇳🤝 @BelgiuminIndia

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

1 year

Mi pensamientos van para todas las familias que se han visto afectadas por el terremoto de ayer en Ecuador y apoyo al Gobierno en sus esfuerzos por atender la crisis. Junto con @UEenEcuador y las otras embajadas europeas en Quito, @BelgicaenLima sigue monitoreando la situación.

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

3 years

To demonstrate 🇧🇪 and 🇪🇺 commitment to LGBTIQ 🏳️‍🌈 rights some historic buildings in Brussels have been lightened in rainbow 🌈 colours including the 🇧🇪 MFA’s Egmont Palace, the Office of the 🇧🇪 Prime Minister, and the EU 🇪🇺 Commission building. #IDAHOT #loveislove #EU4LGBTIQ

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

Glad to see that the recent visit of Belgian 🇧🇪 Minister @debackerphil to Hyderabad is generating concrete results with renewed powers! 😉 🇮🇳🇧🇪🤝💪 @BelgiuminIndia @sumant_sinha @ReNew_Power @KellyMermuys @palmers_geert @3E_renewables

Sumant Sinha

@sumant_sinha

5 years

Meeting the Belgian federal minister of energy and telecom in Brussels. Discussed issues in implementing more offshore wind in both countries ⁦ @mnreindia ⁩ ⁦ @OfficeOfRKSingh ⁩

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Mark Van de Vreken

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4 years

The Consulate General of 🇧🇪 in Chennai and Damien Foundation India 🇮🇳 will help people affected by Leprosy and Tuberculosis with food and other support. #BelgiumWithIndia #IndiaFightsCOVID19 #HealthforAll 📌 @DamienIndia @action_damien @damiaanactie @BelgiuminIndia @BelgiumMFA

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1 year

Reunión esta mañana entre el canciller ecuatoriano @juancaholguin , la comisaria de la UE @YlvaJohansson y la ministra del Interior de Bélgica @AnneliesVl Se discutió una amplia gama de temas sobre las relaciones entre la 🇪🇺 y el 🇪🇨 y entre 🇧🇪 y 🇪🇨 centrándose en la seguridad

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

2 years

At long last after 7 months my households have arrived from India 🇮🇳! 😅

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Congratulations to India 🇮🇳 for having been elected as a non-permanent member of the @UN Security Council for the period 2021-2022! 👏 India will take over from, among others, Belgium 🇧🇪 Both countries are strong partners in multilateralism. #UnitedNations #Multilateralism

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

3 years

Excelente encuentro hoy con el 🇵🇪 Congresista @EdMalagaTrillo El Sr. Málaga es también uno de los principales neurobiólogos del Perú, tuvimos una discusión profunda sobre cómo impulsar aún más la cooperación 🇵🇪🇧🇪 en Ciencia y Tecnología, así como en asuntos culturales.

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

Excellent meeting today in Bangalore, together with Trade Commissioner Jayant Nadiger @Flanders_India , with Principal Secretary Commerce & Industries of the Karnataka government @Gaurav_Gupta67 and with Commissioner for Industrial Development Gunjan Krishna 🇮🇳🇧🇪 @BelgiuminIndia

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

1 year

Respeto - igualdad - diversidad #marchaorgullo #Lima #loveislove 🇵🇪🇧🇪🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

6 years

When the founder and CEO of Belgian IT company Raincode Labs, Darius Blasband, starts playing Belgium’s Jacques Brel at the piano in the majestic Oberoi hotel in Bangalore. Inauguration of the first Indian office of Raincode Labs. 🇧🇪🇮🇳 @RaincodeLabs @_B_Darius @BelgiuminIndia

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

A 🇧🇪 Smurf was spotted in Chennai at the Public Works Department, outside Madras University, and on Akkarai Beach! 😎 @BelgiuminIndia @BelgiumMFA #BelgiumUniquelyPhenomenal #ILikeBelgium #VisitBelgium #ConsulateGeneralofBelgiuminChennai Photos courtesy Virginie Vlaminck

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Today we celebrate the Belgian 🇧🇪 National Day. Stay tuned on the Facebook page of the Consulate General of Belgium in Chennai for our online celebrations and participate in our quiz about Belgium until 18.00pm IST: #BelgianNationalDay #FocusOnBelgium

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

1 year

Firma esta mañana de un Memorando de Entendimiento entre la Policía Nacional de Ecuador y la Policía Federal Belga por parte del Ministro del Interior de Ecuador @CapiZapataEC y la Ministra del Interior de Bélgica @AnneliesVl Para devolver la seguridad a nuestras calles 🇪🇨🇧🇪

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

2 years

Anything you wanted to know about a career in Belgian 🇧🇪 diplomacy? Then Let’s Talk Foreign Affairs en luister naar mijn ervaringen en deze van enkele collega’s op deze podcast!👇 Encore mieux: inscrivez-vous au prochain examen diplomatique! 💪🙂

🇧🇪 Belgium MFA

@BelgiumMFA

2 years

🎙️ Luister naar onze podcastreeks 'Let's Talk Foreign Affairs'. 9 gepassioneerde diplomaten, verspreid over heel de wereld, vertellen vol enthousiasme over hun ervaringen in het consulaire luik, het diplomatieke veld en de ontwikkelingssamenwerking. ⏯️

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Mark Van de Vreken

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2 years

Happy New Year from Lima 🇵🇪 to each and everyone of you! May 2023 be blessed with good luck, health, success and joy! 🍾🥂😎🎉 _________ ¡Feliz año nuevo desde Lima 🇵🇪 a todos y todas! ¡Que el 2023 sea bendecido con buena suerte, salud, éxito y alegría! 🍾🥂😎🎉

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

1 year

Vista desde la residencia 🇧🇪 en Barranco / Lima 🇵🇪 anoche desde un ángulo que creo que nunca antes lo había tomado (vista sobre Miraflores) 🙂 View from the 🇧🇪 residence in Barranco / Lima 🇵🇪 last night from an angle I think I never took it before (view on Miraflores) 🙂

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

Belgium 🇧🇪 = 3rd best country in the world in terms of logistics according to the World Bank. Belgium 🇧🇪 = your gateway to Europe 🇪🇺 @BelgiuminIndia @Flanders_India @Brussels_hub @AWEX_Belgium

Belgium scores high on logistics

Logistics is a collective term for everything related to the organisation, planning, management and execution of a flow of goods. Every two years the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) ranks 160...

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Dinner tonight in Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) 🇮🇳 with 22 students and staff of 🇧🇪 Hogeschool West Vlaanderen @Howest_Intl 🙂 🇮🇳🇧🇪🤝👩🏻‍🎓👨🏻‍🎓

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

2 years

El martes pasado organizamos @BelgicaenLima una “bienvenida a Bélgica” para los más de 40 estudiantes peruanos que próximamente partirán hacia Bélgica para iniciar sus estudios de posgrado. ¡Buena suerte a todos y cada uno de ustedes! 😀

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

2 years

Happy Monday and a great week to everyone! 🙂 In Lima I have the luck to start my Mondays with this great team @BelgicaenLima 👍👌 ____________ Feliz lunes y una buena semana para todos! 🙂 En Lima tengo la suerte de empezar mis lunes con este gran equipo @BelgicaenLima 👍👌

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Happy and honoured to have on our digital 🇧🇪 King’s Day celebrations in Chennai 🇮🇳 as Honorary Guest @SmetPascal - Secretary of State of the Brussels-Capital Region. @BelgiuminIndia @BelgiumMFA @IndEmbassyBru @MonarchieBe @ReineElisabeth @brusselsint

King's Day Celebration with H.E. Pascal Smet - Secretary of State of...

❗️Welcome to our online King’s Day celebrations with Secretary of State Pascal Smet❗️We are happy and honoured to start today’s online celebrations with our ...

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Cheers to a great 🇧🇪 Trappist beer from the Saint Sixtus abbey of Westvleteren! 🍻

Reuters

@Reuters

4 years

It’s one of the rarest beers in the world, and now the Belgian Trappist monks who brew it have reopened their business

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

EU 🇪🇺 - India 🇮🇳 relations flourish. Outgoing EU 🇪🇺 Ambassador to India 🇮🇳 @EU_Amb_India H.E. Tomasz Kozlowski contributed largely to it. Thank you Mr. Ambassador! Together with my EU colleagues I will further carry the 🇪🇺 flag in South India! 🇮🇳 @BelgiuminIndia @EU_in_India

Tomasz Kozlowski

@T_Kozlowski_EU

5 years

Dear Friends/Followers, I am leaving New Delhi. My four year assignment as EU Ambassador to India has been so excited & rewarding. EU-India relations are flourishing. Thank you for your interest & support. India will remain deeply in my heart! Wish you all the best!

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Mark Van de Vreken

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4 years

Special Address yesterday at @FollowCII Startup Connect in Hyderabad 🇮🇳 I spoke about Belgium 🇧🇪 and the EU 🇪🇺 as destinations for 🇮🇳 startups to partner. With @kris_sg , @jayesh_ranjan , Ravi Narayan, Vanitha Datla, D. Raju and others. 🇮🇳🇧🇪🇪🇺🤝

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@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Happy Diwali and Happy Children’s Day from the team of the Belgian Consulate General in Chennai and from the children of the 🇮🇳🇧🇪 Saranalaya children home in Chennai! 🎉🎊💥🙂 #BelgiuminIndia #Diwali #Diwali2020 #Saranalaya #Chennai #India

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

And the EU 🇪🇺 Film 🎥 Festival in Chennai has been kicked off 🙂 🇮🇳🇪🇺🇧🇪🤝🎥🎬🎞 @EU_in_India @AFMadras @gichennai @icaf_chennai @BelgiuminIndia #EuropeInYourCity #EUFF2019

EU in India

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5 years

We are super excited to kick off the 24th European Union Film Festival in Chennai with @MarkVandeVreken , Consul General of Belgium in Chennai, & other dignitaries. The French movie "Hope" will be screened shortly. Hope you have grabbed your seats! #EuropeInYourCity #EUFF2019

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Happy Dussehra 2020, celebrating the victory of the good over the evil! 🙂 🇮🇳🇧🇪 #Dussehra #Dussehra2020

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

11 months

Primer encuentro con mi nuevo colega holandés, el embajador designado @Alex__Kofman Los Países Bajos 🇳🇱 y Bélgica 🇧🇪 se encuentran entre los paises vecinos y amigos más cercanos del mundo. ¡Bienvenido a Lima, Alex! Y sí: una corbata naranja para la ocasión 🙂

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2 years

Felicitationes @SeleccionPeru ! Esperemos un partido Perú 🇵🇪 - Bélgica 🇧🇪 en #Qatar2022 - quizás en la final? 👍👏

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4 years

This morning I joined joined UK 🇬🇧 Deputy High Commissioner @oballhatchet , his spouse and deputy, in laying a wreath in the Madras War Cemetery, Chennai - the final resting place of 857 casualties of WWII. 🇮🇳🇬🇧🇧🇪🤝 #lestweforget 🌺 #remembrancesunday2020 #remembranceday2020

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5 years

Belgium 🇧🇪 and the team of the Consulate General in Chennai in full support of @UNODC @BlueHeartHT Campaign. @BelgiuminIndia @BelgiumMFA #EndHumanTrafficking #HumanTrafficking #UNODC

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4 years

Happy New Year to each and everyone of you! May the year 2021 be filled with good health, success and happiness! 🎊🎉🍾🥂

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@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

Congratulations @IamBhavaniDevi from Chennai 🇮🇳 to have won the Silver medal in Women’s Sabre at the Flemish Open 2019 in Ghent - Belgium 🇧🇪! 🇮🇳🇧🇪🤺👍👌 @BelgiuminIndia

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@IamBhavaniDevi

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Happy to have won the🇮🇳🤺 Silver medal in Women's Sabre at the Flemish Open 2019/Tournoi Satellite held at Gent, Belgium today. Hope to work harder and produce stronger performances in the upcoming competitions.

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5 years

Today our 🇧🇪 Smurf was Special Guest at the MBA Graduation Day at Madras University! 👩‍🎓👨‍🎓 @BelgiumMFA @BelPhenomenal @BelgiuminIndia #Unom #doms #BelgiuminIndia #VisitBelgium #Smurfs #ILikeBelgium #Chennai #MadrasUniversity Photos courtesy Srinivasan K. Bala Vino

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3 years

Happy Republic Day, India! 🇮🇳🎉👍🙂

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Mark Van de Vreken

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1 year

Hoy me reuní con Jessica Vargas, la nueva Alcaldesa de @Barranco_Muni - uno de los barrios más cool en el mundo segun la revista Time Out que aloja también a la residencia 🇧🇪 en 🇵🇪 Intercambiamos sobre cultura, dibujos, gastronomía, moda, cooperación económica y mucho mas 🇵🇪🇧🇪🤝

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5 years

Happy Belgian 🇧🇪 National Day! 🙂🎉🎊 @BelgiuminIndia

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@MarkVandeVreken

3 years

Pleased to host today’s virtual Durbar meeting of 🇧🇪 missions in 🇮🇳 to discuss our 2021 action plans. Chaired by 🇧🇪 MFA Asia Director John Cornet d’Elzius and with keynote addresses by DG Bilateral Affairs Anick Van Calster, Honorary Consul GV Prasad and journalist R Srinivasan.

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@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

Last night and today in Hyderabad with the world's #1 DJ's @dimitrivegas and @likemike from my grandmom's hometown Willebroek / Belgium 🇧🇪 Amazing 🇮🇳 Takeover Tour BLR-HYD-DEL-MUM! Tonight Delhi, tomorrow Mumbai. Go and Smash The House! 🇮🇳🇧🇪🎧🎵👍👌 @BelgiuminIndia

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

Today's @timesofindia on former EU 🇪🇺 Commissioner for Trade and former Belgian 🇧🇪 Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Karel De Gucht who was in Hyderabad 🇮🇳 for our 🇧🇪 investment seminar on pharma and life sciences.

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Mark Van de Vreken

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6 years

Signing of cooperation agreement between Greater Chennai Corporation and Brussels Capital Region earlier today in Chennai. Very successful visit of State Secretary Bianca Debaets @BiancaDebaets @AlinTeclu @BrusInvExp @rbc_bhg @brusselsint @BelgiuminIndia

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@brusselsint

6 years

Ondertekening van een Samenwerkingssakkoord tussen @rbc_bhg en #GreaterChennaiCorporation in India, met Staatssecretaris @BiancaDebaets , Ambassadeur Jan Luykx @BelgiuminIndia , Consul Generaal @MarkVandeVreken en Secretaris-generaal of @SPRB_GOB Christian Lamouline

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Closing ceremony of the EU 🇪🇺 Film 🎥 Festival in Chennai tonight @gichennai with EU Ambassador to India H.E. Tomasz Kozlowski, my 🇩🇪 and 🇫🇷 colleagues and myself 🇧🇪 @BelgiuminIndia @EU_in_India @AFMadras @GermanyChennai @FranceinPondi @icaf_chennai #EuropeInYourCity #EUFF2019

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This Saturday in Hyderabad! With global talk "Overseas trading and doing business in Europe after Brexit" by Karel De Gucht - Former EU Commissioner for Trade and former Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

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5 years

Today’s @the_hindu about last evening’s inauguration of the EU 🇪🇺 Film 🎥 Festival in Chennai 🇮🇳 Tonight 18.00pm at @AFMadras : Belgium’s 🇧🇪 @KingoftheBe @EU_in_India @AFMadras @gichennai @BelgiuminIndia @THChennai #EuropeInYourCity #EUFF2019

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5 years

Kick-off tonight of the EU Film Festival in Chennai. I will inaugurate the festival at 18.00pm in Alliance Française Madras. More info: and 👇 🇮🇳🇪🇺🇧🇪🤝🎥🎬🎞 @EU_in_India @BelgiuminIndia @AFMadras @gichennai @icaf_chennai #EuropeInYourCity #EUFF2019

Home - EUFF India

WINDOW TO EUROPE Delhi Dec 01 — 10, 2023 Chennai Jan 19 — 28, 2024 The European Union Film Festival celebrates the diversity and depth of European cinema and culture, featuring award-winning films...

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EU in India

@EU_in_India

5 years

#EUFF2019 is all set to showcase a potpourri of contemporary cinema from Europe! Experience #EuropeInYourCity as it brings motion pictures to cinemagoers in 🇮🇳 & promises to be a heady cocktail of romantic comedy, period drama, mockumentary, satire & socio-political thriller.

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Welcome to India 🇮🇳 @SettleMintCom @matt_vn @els_meyvaert from 🇧🇪! And thank you for hosting the meeting @jayesh_ranjan and @ramadevi_lanka ! @BelgiuminIndia @BelgiumMFA @OfTelangana

SettleMint | Blockchain Transformation

@SettleMintCom

5 years

Next week we open our #India office, and we had the great honour to meet the Principal Secretary to the Government of #Telangana Mr. Jayesh Ranjan & Mrs. Rama Devi Lanka. With their clear & strong focus on #blockchain , we are very much looking forward to future #partnerships .

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5 years

Thank you @AnjanaShekar for this beautiful write-up in @thenewsminute about our Belgian 🇧🇪 King's Day "Belgium Goes Carnatic", last Friday in Chennai 🇮🇳! 🙏 @BelgiuminIndia @BelgiumMFA

Belgian King’s Day in Chennai celebrates the unique cultures of the two countries

On Friday, at the 6th Belgian King’s Day celebrations, the heady sweet aroma of chocolates and waffles filled the air at Taj Coromandel in Chennai’s Nungambakka

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@MarkVandeVreken

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Great news for🍺 lovers! @abinbev -the world’s largest brewer with home base in Leuven 🇧🇪 and operating in India 🇮🇳 from Bangalore- teams up with India’s largest hospitality player #IHCL to open micro breweries in 15 @TajHotels ! @BelgiuminIndia @BelgiumMFA

Waah Taj! IHCL hotels may serve craft beer

The plan, conceptualised by AB InBevs innovation and investment group ZX Ventures, is to open about 15 outlets at Taj's marquee locations where craft beer will be served.

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Mark Van de Vreken

@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

Happy World Chocolate Day! Hope you celebrate this special day with real Belgian chocolates! Belgian 🇧🇪 chocolate 🍫 = best in the world 😋 Some are even made with cocoa beans from Tamil Nadu! 🇧🇪🍫👍👌 #Belgian #Chocolate #OlivierWillems @pierremarcolini @BelgiuminIndia

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@MarkVandeVreken

6 years

Happy Republic Day, India! @BelgiuminIndia @IndEmbassyBru 🇮🇳🇧🇪🎉

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@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Belgium 🇧🇪 has been ranked for the third consecutive year as Europe's 🇪🇺 number one biotech country and its importance for biotech is ever growing! 👇 #belgium #biotech #europe

Belgium: the number one biotech country in Europe! - BioVox

For the third time in a row, Belgium has been ranked the number one country in Europe for biotech! Belgium is consistently included in the top five countries on a number of measures. But when it...

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@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

Excellent meeting in Chennai with the new Chief Secretary - Government of Tamil Nadu, K Shanmugham. Possibilities for 🇧🇪 in IT, e-government, medical equipment, engineering, food / agro processing, higher education etc. @BelgiuminIndia @Flanders_India @awex_delhi @BrusInvExp

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5 years

Last night Belgian Minister for Digital Agenda, Telecom and Postal Services @debackerphil inaugurated G.V. Prasad, Co-Chairman and CEO of @drreddys and one of India’s most prominent CEO’s, as Belgian Honorary Consul in Hyderabad. 🇮🇳🇧🇪🤝 @BelgiuminIndia

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@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Last chance for 🇪🇺 and 🇧🇪 startups to register for virtual roadshow to 🇮🇳 two most prominent startup communities @CCAMP_Bangalore and @THubHyd ! @StartupsBe @scaleups_eu @BelgiuminIndia @EU_in_India @Flanders_India @awex_delhi @Brussels_hub @BelgiumMFA

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@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

A big thank you to all 220 registered participants and speakers for attending our 🇮🇳🇧🇪 high-level seminar on Covid-19 vaccines and therapeutics 🙏 @BelgiuminIndia @Flanders_India @awex_delhi @Brussels_hub @BelgiumMFA @CII4Health @FollowCII @IndEmbassyBru

#CII4Health

@CII4Health

4 years

ThankYou all the delegates & speakers for joining us, CII for helping organise the Seminar on Building Partnerships btvn India & Belgium for Coherent Dissemination of #COVID19 Vaccines & Therapeutics in Europe & the World The Seminar has been very timely & relevant for all of us.

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6 years

And off we go again! 😀 #absolutelyfood #ahlers #phoenixforever #bragard #kiriamma #starpride #twentytwocoffee #vincenttibau #hyattregencychennai

HyattRegencyChennai

@HyattRegencyChe

6 years

Hyatt Regency Chennai in association with the Consulate General of Belgium presents the best of Belgian fine dining crafted by Master Chef Vincent Tibau in an exclusive 10 day affair. #Belgian #finedining #MasterChef

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5 years

Kerala newspapers Mathrubhumi and Malayala Manorama (readership of more than 20 million people) about my keynote address at the opening of the National Startup Conclave in Kochi, together with Telecom Secretary of India and IT Secretary of Kerala @BelgiuminIndia @MVKochi

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@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

EU 🇪🇺 Film 🎥 Festival in Chennai soon! I will inaugurate the 🎬 Festival on June 24, while the Belgian 🇧🇪 🎞 “King of the Belgians” will be screened on June 25. Be there! 🇮🇳🇪🇺🇧🇪🤝 @EU_in_India @icaf_chennai @gichennai @AFMadras @BelgiuminIndia #EuropeInYourCity #EUFF2019

EU in India

@EU_in_India

5 years

Vanakkam Chennai! 🙏🏻 . Mark your calendars as the European Union Film Festival is back. Experience #EuropeInYourCity with a contemporary twist. #EUFF2019

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4 years

Opening in #Hyderabad of @BioAsiaOfficial - Asia’s largest conference on biotechnology and life sciences. 2 Belgians 🇧🇪 at center stage: Baron Peter Piot -Director of @LSHTM - and Baron Ajit Shetty -Chairman Emeritus of #JanssenPharma Launch of 🇮🇳 center of @LSHTM in Hyderabad

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@MarkVandeVreken

2 years

🇧🇪🇪🇺En solidaridad con el pueblo de Ucrania 🇺🇦 - 🇧🇪🇪🇺 In solidarity with the people of Ukraine 🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine

Unión Europea en Perú

@UEenPeru

2 years

Hoy la UE y sus Estados miembros en Perú se reunieron con el jefe de la misión de #Ucrania para expresar su solidaridad frente al ataque injustificado de Rusia que viola el Derecho internacional y socava la seguridad y la estabilidad europea y mundial. #StandWithUkraine

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Startups are the key bloodline of the digital economy. Big prospects for cooperation between India / Kerala and Belgium / EU. 🇮🇳🇧🇪🇪🇺🤝 @startup_mission @BelgiuminIndia @alexanderdecroo @debackerphil @EU_in_India

Kerala Startup Mission

@startup_mission

5 years

“Startups are the key blood line of the digital economy’’, @MarkVandeVreken , Belgium Consul General while speaking on the topic ‘India-EU Co-creation of Value for Startups’ at #Hardtech2019 . @BelgiuminIndia #KSUM #Kerala #Startup #Belgium @startupindia

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4 years

During the past two months nearly 60 Belgians were able to return home from Tamil Nadu and Pondichéry 🇮🇳 during the COVID-19 pandemic. This could be done in a safe and effective manner thanks to a good collaboration with the local authorities 🙏 🇮🇳🇪🇺🇧🇪🤝

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@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Congratulations to our 🇧🇪 Honorary Consul in Hyderabad 🇮🇳, G V Prasad, on being named as one of the top 20 leaders on the @medicine_maker 2020 Power List 👏 @BelgiuminIndia @BelgiumMFA @FlandersTrade @Flanders_India @AWEX_Belgium @awex_delhi @Brussels_hub @drreddys

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd

@drreddys

4 years

Join us in congratulating our Co-Chairman and MD, G V Prasad on being named as one of the top 20 leaders on the @medicine_maker ’s 2020 Power List. It recognizes individuals for their inspirational work in driving the pharmaceutical industry forward:

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2 years

Primer día exitoso en Cajamarca 🇵🇪 @UEenPeru @BelgicaenLima 🇵🇪🇪🇺🇧🇪🤝 #EquipoEuropa

Unión Europea en Perú

@UEenPeru

2 years

Mark Van de Vreken @MarkVandeVreken , embajador de Bélgica en Perú,🇧🇪🇵🇪 dio las palabras de despedida y agradecimiento frente a las autoridades locales y destacó los trabajos de la región, además de su historia e importancia política. #EquipoEuropa 🇪🇺 @BelgicaenLima #UEenPer ú

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Felicitaciones a @LaTri 🇪🇨 por su gran victoria contra Qatar en el partido inaugural de hoy. ¡Mucha suerte con los próximos juegos! #FIFAWorldCup ©LaTri

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@MarkVandeVreken

4 years

Happy #InternationalBeerDay and, because of our more than 3000 🇧🇪 kinds of beer, happy #BelgianBeerDay 😁

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@MarkVandeVreken

1 year

Excelente reunión hoy con la nueva 🇵🇪 DG de Europa Emb. Lissette Nalvarte. Los temas incluyeron la cooperación económica, nuestra cooperación indirecta, la lucha contra las drogas, Perú y la OCDE, y Ucrania. También expresé mi preocupación por los acontecimientos en 🇵🇪 🇵🇪🇧🇪🇪🇺🤝

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@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

Happy 73rd Independence Day, India 🇮🇳! @BelgiuminIndia #India #IndependenceDay2019 #Belgium #BelgiuminIndia

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@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

Tonight - 5.15pm @gichennai : closing ceremony of the EU 🇪🇺 Film Festival in Chennai with Ambassador of the EU to India H.E. Tomasz Kozlowski, my 🇩🇪 and 🇫🇷 colleagues and myself 🇧🇪 of course. @BelgiuminIndia @EU_in_India @AFMadras @icaf_chennai #EuropeInYourCity #EUFF2019

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@MarkVandeVreken

3 years

Recent visit with my team in Lima 🇵🇪 to restaurant Kjolle by Pía León - best female chef of the world. We were received by Pía and her husband Virgilio Martinez of restaurant Central and top-5 chef in the world. #Per ú #Belgium #CulinaryDestinations #Gastronomy

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@MarkVandeVreken

2 years

La semana pasada el lunes organicé, junto con la Cónsul Honoraria Sylvia Cueva, una primera reunión desde la pandemia con la comunidad belga 🇧🇪 en Quito 🇪🇨 en La Galleta de Bruselas. Tuvimos deliciosas papas fritas 🍟 belgas, gofres 🧇 , cervezas belgas 🍻, y mucho más!

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@MarkVandeVreken

3 years

Today I presented the copy of my credential letters for Perú 🇵🇪 to the Director General of Protocol, Ambassador Jorge Román. Gracias Embajador Román! Tengo muchas ganas de seguir cooperando con nuestras excelentes relaciones bilaterales entre 🇵🇪 y 🇧🇪 @BelgiumMFA @BelgicaenLima

Cancillería Perú🇵🇪

@CancilleriaPeru

3 years

El embajador de Bélgica en el Perú Mark Van de Vreken presentó hoy copia de sus cartas credenciales al Director General de Protocolo, embajador Jorge Román, ocasión en la que se destacó que el Perú y Bélgica mantienen una estrecha y fluida relación bilateral.

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Inicio de la visita de trabajo de dos días de la Comisaria de la UE @YlvaJohansson y la Ministra del Interior de Bélgica @AnneliesVl a Ecuador. Ecuador, la UE y Bélgica discutirán una mayor cooperación en seguridad para devolver la seguridad a nuestros ciudadanos 🇪🇨🇪🇺🇧🇪

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@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

We are hiring! Applications by January 24 the latest to chennai @diplobel .fed.be. Good luck! 💪👌

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@MarkVandeVreken

5 years

Belgium 🇧🇪 is one of only six countries in the world with gender equality in terms of economic inclusion. Proud to be a Belgian 🇧🇪 but still lots of work to do in most parts of the world. @SheDecidesGFI @WorldBank @alexanderdecroo @KGeorgieva #SheIsEqual

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@MarkVandeVreken

3 years

Excelente encuentro con @GarafulicIgor - representante de ONU Perú 🇺🇳🇵🇪 El multilateralismo constituye el sello de la política exterior de Bélgica 🇧🇪 Tengo muchas ganas de colaborar estrechamente con las 20 organizaciones de la ONU que están presentes en el Perú 🇵🇪🇺🇳🇧🇪🤝

Naciones Unidas Perú

@ONUPeru

3 years

"Mi más cordial bienvenida al embajador de Bélgica, @MarkVandeVreken y mis deseos de éxito en su gestión. Bélgica, como impulsor del multilateralismo, continuará siendo socio clave de la ONU para avanzar la #Agenda2030 y los #ODS " - Igor Garafulic, representante de ONU Perú.

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5 years

Read all about one of India's 🇮🇳 greatest Carnatic vocalists Prince Rama Varma and his passion for Belgium's 🇧🇪 greatest singer Jacques Brel in today's @indulgexpress And about why we invited him to perform at our King's Day! 🇮🇳🇧🇪🎵🎶🎼 @BelgiuminIndia

Classical crusader: Prince Rama Varma on his Jacques Brel tribute, reviving royal era music, and...

A chat with Prince Rama Varma can turn out to be a rich and fulfilling one on many counts. The 51-year-old Carnatic musician — who is an exponent of the veena a

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