INDIAN STUDENTS IN ARMENIA
Azg/arm
12 Feb 05
Viviek Kumar studies at the Yerevan State Medical University. He wants
to become a cardiologist and says that the profession of a physician
is one of the most respected in India. He used to live in a town
near Calcutta and had an Armenian friend there. He learnt about the
Yerevan State Medical University from newspapers. “I read about the
medical University in one of the Armenian newspapers publishing in
Calcutta. My friend studied there. He talked of both the University and
Armenia with love,” Viviek Kumar said. He learnt Armenian in 6 months.
Not only Diaspora Armenians but also the foreign citizens have the
opportunity of studying in the Universities of Armenia. The Deansâ~@~Y
office of the foreign students at the Yerevan state Medical University
opened in 1957. In the beginning the number of Diaspora Armenians
prevailed among the students, but in the course of the last few years
the number of the students from Syria, Iran and India increased. The
Indian students prefer to study at the Medical University. About 700
Indians study there at present. Itâ~@~Ys worth mentioning that they
are paying $1500 annually in Armenia, while they have to pay several
times more in their country.
Ravindra Rara used to live in a three-storied house with 30
relatives. He said it was difficult to get accustomed to living without
the family. He visited all the remarkable places of Armenia, but most
of all he admires the snow. “It seldom snowed in the Indian town I
lived in. It is so beautiful when the snow covers the streets here,”
Ravindra Rara said.
The girls brought Indian dresses, bright adornments and various
items from India for decorating their rooms. The posters of Indian
matinee idols also decorate their rooms. “I like wearing Indian
national dresses. Though I like very much the way the clothes that
the Armenian girls wear, I prefer wearing our national dresses in
Armenia,” Ivsha Syet said.
One can see the Armenian pomegranate beside the bright Indian
adornments on the table in the room of the Indian students.
By Arevik Badalian
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