Source: in.news.yahoo.com

In a major initiative, 50 rare work of English, Persian and Sanskrit would be translated into Gojri. “Fifty rare works of English, Persian and Sanskrit are chosen to be rendered into Gojri in order to widen the access to classic and modern languages,” Dr Javaid Rahi a senior functionary of Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages said here today.

He said that this long-term project was initiated to bring world class and landmark works into Gojri to enrich this ancient tribal languages spoken by the Gurjar tribe. Under this project, 21 classics were already published in Gojri, which include world famous work like Mathnavi Moulana Rumi, “Gulistan-e-Saddi” Rubiyat-e-Umar Khayam, Karwan-e-Madina, Shakespeare’’s Othello and King Lear, Sanskrit’’s Neelmat Puran, the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi “My Experience with Truth”, Shahan-e-Gurjars and others.

“This project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2011″, Rahi said.