The Hindu dated Sept 14th has a great …

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The Hindu dated Sept 14th has a great read story about Prof. Istvan Perczel.

A Hungarian scholar of medieval Christianity is on a mission to preserve a slice of India’s Syrian Christian past.

“There is a remarkably rich heritage of Syriac in Kerala, particularly from the 15th to 19th centuries,” says Istvan Perczel, who teaches at the Central European University, Budapest. Enchanted by this heritage, he has been digitising Syriac documents, correspondence and religious writings. “Syriac thrived in Kerala even while this sacred language was fading away from its place of birth,” Prof. Perczel notes.

http://www.hindu.com/mag/2008/09/14/stories/2008091450170500.htm

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