President of the World India Banjara Roma Federation Dr. The presentation of the book “Proud to be a Banjara” (I am proud to be Banjara), written by Rama Naik to tell the historical story of the Banjara Roma community, was held in İzmir for the first time, hosted by the Metropolitan Municipality.
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality continues its efforts to shed light on the problems faced by the Romani community and to offer solutions. President of the World India Banjara Roma Federation Dr. The presentation of the book “Proud to be a Banjara” (I am proud to be Banjara), written by Rama Naik and telling the historical story of the Banjara Roma community, was held in İzmir for the first time, hosted by İzmir Metropolitan Municipality. Dr. Rama Naik stated that he was happy to be in Izmir and said, “I convey the respect and love of the Banjara community of India, who have roots that share similarities with the Roma in the world and have shared common pains.”
The President of the World India Banjara Romany Federation, Dr. Rama Naik, Advisor to the Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Ahmet Altan, President of the Eurasia Romany Academic Network Orhan Galjus and citizens attended.
“A book about the hardships of my people”
Sharing the story of his book, Dr. Rama Naik said: “This book is about my experiences. It is a book about the culture of my people and the difficulties they faced, from my childhood until now. After trying to get an education, a number of questions began to form in my mind. These are questions of both the Banjara and the Roma community. I am also very happy to travel the world and meet and interact with Roman citizens. I realized that we actually have a common history and the same problems. For this reason, I turned to research the similarities between the two societies. There are many questions that I still do not have an answer to. So my journey continues.”
“İzmir should be the capital of Romani culture”
Advisor to the President Ahmet Altan stated that it is an important day for the Roma community and said, “We want to make our city a research center for Roma culture. For this, a center was opened in Tepecik. And we want to shed light on the life of the Roma community by gathering many researches and studies under the roof of this center.”
Orhan Galjus, Head of the Eurasia Romany Academic Network, said that in their meetings with the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, they reached a consensus that Izmir should be the capital of Romani culture, and that they will carry out studies within this scope.
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