Staff Report - The Hindu - Tamil Nadu, Chennai - India
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Along with Arabic and Urdu, Persian language will also be taught at Murthuzaviya Educational and Cultural Foundation in Triplicane. Classes will be held after office hours to enable more people to enrol.
Morteza Shafiei Shakib, cultural counsellor, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, New Delhi, who launched the courses at the Foundation on Big Street on Monday, said Persian had been in use in India for more than 800 years. "Persian was the language of courts, culture, art, science and Sufism. It is also the language of peace and love." He distributed Persian books to students of the Foundation and assured them that he would help to propagate the language.
He said he would evaluate the students' performance on his next visits and would also reward best performers.
Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Madras, S. Sathikh, recalled that Persian was chosen as it was considered that the origin of culture and science lay in Iran and to some extent in Iraq. He said Persian had a rich fund of knowledge in astronomy, land and body sciences.
Earlier the visiting counsellor was taken around the 50-bed orphanage and the schools run by the Foundation for the hearing impaired and the mentally challenged. Mr. Morteza was accompanied by his wife Faizeh.
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Persian is the language of art, science and Sufism
Staff Report - The Hindu - Tamil Nadu, Chennai - India
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Along with Arabic and Urdu, Persian language will also be taught at Murthuzaviya Educational and Cultural Foundation in Triplicane. Classes will be held after office hours to enable more people to enrol.
Morteza Shafiei Shakib, cultural counsellor, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, New Delhi, who launched the courses at the Foundation on Big Street on Monday, said Persian had been in use in India for more than 800 years. "Persian was the language of courts, culture, art, science and Sufism. It is also the language of peace and love." He distributed Persian books to students of the Foundation and assured them that he would help to propagate the language.
He said he would evaluate the students' performance on his next visits and would also reward best performers.
Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Madras, S. Sathikh, recalled that Persian was chosen as it was considered that the origin of culture and science lay in Iran and to some extent in Iraq. He said Persian had a rich fund of knowledge in astronomy, land and body sciences.
Earlier the visiting counsellor was taken around the 50-bed orphanage and the schools run by the Foundation for the hearing impaired and the mentally challenged. Mr. Morteza was accompanied by his wife Faizeh.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Along with Arabic and Urdu, Persian language will also be taught at Murthuzaviya Educational and Cultural Foundation in Triplicane. Classes will be held after office hours to enable more people to enrol.
Morteza Shafiei Shakib, cultural counsellor, Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, New Delhi, who launched the courses at the Foundation on Big Street on Monday, said Persian had been in use in India for more than 800 years. "Persian was the language of courts, culture, art, science and Sufism. It is also the language of peace and love." He distributed Persian books to students of the Foundation and assured them that he would help to propagate the language.
He said he would evaluate the students' performance on his next visits and would also reward best performers.
Former Vice-Chancellor of University of Madras, S. Sathikh, recalled that Persian was chosen as it was considered that the origin of culture and science lay in Iran and to some extent in Iraq. He said Persian had a rich fund of knowledge in astronomy, land and body sciences.
Earlier the visiting counsellor was taken around the 50-bed orphanage and the schools run by the Foundation for the hearing impaired and the mentally challenged. Mr. Morteza was accompanied by his wife Faizeh.
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