BANGALORE ESPERANTO
CENTRE
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What is ESPERANTO?
ESPERANTO means "one who is hopeful". Hopeful of Universal
Peace and Brotherhood. Hopeful of uniting this multi-cultural, multi-lingual
human race through a common second language for all.
Among over 200 attempts at developing a world link language only
one has survived and flourished. It is ESPERANTO evolved by Dr. Ludvik Lazarus
Zamenhof in 1887.
ESPERANTO is logically planned, simple in structure, precise in
expression and avoids ambiguities inherent in natural languages. It builds on
root words derived from Indo-European languages with affixes which can expand
the 15000 root words to over 150000 words. All this on a framework of only
sixteen rules. ESPERANTO is easy to learn and use!
ESPERANTO has been tried and tested. Originals and translations
from poetry to scientific doctoral theses have proved its flexibility. It has
become a living language with rich literature and a global spread. There are
over 30000 books and 135 periodicals published across the world. It spans 115
countries with 20 million Esperantists with China and Japan in the east to the European
countries. Twenty radio stations broadcast regularly in ESPERANTO.
ESPERANTO language is neutral in terms of politics, religion, race
or creed. It has been recognised by the UN and enjoys consultative status with
UNESCO. The world body of Esperantists is the Universala Esperanto Asocio
(UEA) with headquarters at Rotterdam. Apart from promoting the language
and translating UN material into Esperanto, UEA has a unique delegate network
and special professional group from doctors and engineers to parliamentarians
for international service.
ESPERANTO IN BANGALORE: At Bangalore,
the Bangalore Esperanto Centre is actively promoting Esperanto. It
is operated from the residence of Shri
S.S.Pradhan who’s address is given below.
FREE COURSE: The Bangalore Esperanto Centre runs free short term courses every
year and also offers correspondence courses through English and Kannada. The
centre also has a collection of books, magazines and cassettes for further
learning.
The Indian Esperanto Federation - Federacio Esperanto de Barato
- now has its headquarters at Pune. It is accessable on the net at www.geocities.com/bharato. Email: [email protected].
CONTACT Information : For more information about Esperanto please contact
the following persons.
S.S.PRADHAN (Phone 26632914 / 26482195; Email: [email protected])
Bangalore Esperanto Centre
97, 24th Cross, 3rd Block East, Jayanagar,
BANGALORE – 560011. INDIA
S.HARI RAO , Phone:
25720350 (Res). 25086521
(Office) Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Dr S.P.TEKUR , Phone: 26710740
(Res). Email: [email protected]
K.RAMASWAMY, Phone: 26341419 (Res). Email: [email protected]
ABOUT THIS SITE: This is the official
website of the Bangalore Esperanto Centre. In the coming weeks it will be
improved. We hope to display news of interest to Esperantists. We request your
comments and suggestions. Email: [email protected]