Contribution of Persian Language & Literature to the Indian Subcontinent with Special Reference to Bengal

About the Book We all die. The Goal is not live forever, the goal is to create something that will live forever. This book is the result of effort of different stalwarts of Persian across the Globe. It was a great experience to put together various thoughts of Persian Stalwarts agglomerated in the Land of Tagore whose forefathers were also admirer of Persian Language. Maharishi Debendranath Tagore used to keep some volumes of Great Persian Poet Hafiz with him who raised enthusiasm in his son Rabindranath Tagore to appreciate the Language and he himself established the Department for the Persian at Visva-Bharati. We are delighted to see of Galaxy of Stars from Various parts of the World who came together for three days XXXV-All India Persian Teachers' Conference (International Session) at Visva-Bharati.

Hope this volume of Conference will be benchmark in the history of progressive development of the Persian Language and literature.

About the Author Dr. Mohammad Faique is Associate Professor and Head of the Dept. of Arabic, Persian, urdu & Islamic Studies, Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, (W.B.).

He had done his M.A. in Persian from JNU, New Delhi and Ph.D. (Persian) from Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan. He also did D.S.W. (P.G. Diploma in Secretarial work) from AMU, Aligarh and P.G. Diploma in Mass Media (Journalism) JNU, New Delhi.

He wrote / edited 14 books; which are published by different publishers of International repute. He has participated and presented research papers in various International and National seminars in India and abroad.

Serving as Honorary Secretary, "Rumi Foundation Trust", (N.G.O.), Santiniketan, West Bengal. He is also involved with "Eternal Divine Education Society", (N.G.O.), as Honorary Secretary, Santiniketan, West Bengal and Member of "Society of Indian Friends and Promoters of Turkey and central Asian Cultures, (N.G.O.), Delhi.

He is also Member of "Rural Improvement and Social Welfare Trust" Masundi, Bharatpur, Murshidabad, W.B. Apart from different parts of India he has also visited Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand and Turkey for International seminar and summit.

Preface Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore founded a school for children at Santiniketan and it was around this nucleus that the structure of an unconventional University developed through careful planning and meticulous execution of those ideas and ideals.

After Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 A.D., he was invited to numerous visits all over the world and came closely to know a large part of the world and its people. By 1917 A.D. the range of his experience and the restlessness of his exploration led to his own self-clarification regarding the idea of a centre of Indian culture at Santiniketan. The centre as conceived by him was to provide for the coordinated study of the different cultures." As "music and the fine arts are among the highest means of national self-expression...in the proposed centre of our culture, music and art must have prominent seats of honour." This centre should not only be a centre of the intellectual life of India but the centre of the economic life as well. Participating thus in all the major spheres of Indian life, the institution would attain a representative character and enter into encounter with the rest of the world.

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