If Prince of Persia, Majid Majidi, Persian rugs or the rich flavour of zaffran gets you excited to think about the middle Eastern country Iran, then Iran Culture House, New Delhi is a one-stop destination for your all wishes. This is an apex institution for the cooperation and understanding of the cultural heritage of Iran among the Indian population in line with the principles of rich cultural traditions. With the aim of creating a mutual understanding among the people of Iran and other different cultures, through the preservation and promotion of tangible and intangible heritage, the institution wants to enhance cultural activities and creativity.
Library
Promoting culture is incomplete without knowing about its literary traditions. Stepping into this domain is the culture house’s library consisting of more than 40,000 books. Ranging from the Persian language and literature to the widely speculating books on falsafa (philosophical discussion), social sciences, political science, art and culture, tradition and Sufism is also available for the readers. Also, there is certainly a good number of bilingual and multilingual Persian dictionaries for the benefit of scholars. The best part is free of cost access and membership to everyone. The distribution unit of the same provides Persian books, periodicals, magazines.
Film and Art Division
Housing many audio-visual tapes of classical music, art books, calligraphy models, attractive sceneries, handicrafts and various prominent Iranian films is the Film and Art Division of the Culture house. Various exciting events such as film festivals and cultural exhibitions are also organised by this unit of the Culture House.
Persian Research Centre
Finding the perfect study material can be a herculean task for scholars. The research centre which has thousands of references and research books concerning various fields of Persian language and literature is always open to teachers of Persian and all other scholars or persons in India who are keenly interested in their research programmes and extend happily all their co-operation to them. Further, for people not residing in the capital, the centre has established coordination with various Indian libraries in the context of research activities. The centre also publishes a quarterly magazine known as “Qand-e Parsi” and a trilingual dictionary (Persian, English, Hindi).
Persian Language Teaching Centre
To nurture the poet inside you and to make you able to understand Rumi’s and Firdausi’s mysterious lingo is this teaching centre working for organising primary, secondary and advanced level Persian courses for interested students. Besides, the unit has decided to introduce a Persian language teaching programme through correspondence also. All the other information related to the centre can be acquired from the Information centre. It provides necessary information about Iranian art, culture and all other facets of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
