The Persian Language, Culture and Modern Day Politics - Bahador Alast

The Persian Language, Culture and Modern Day Politics - Bahador Alast - The Ink Well Podcast #13

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Bahador Alast is a full-time engineer, a cultural and linguistic aficionado, and the founder of the KZfaq channel 'Bahador Alast' where Bahador brings speakers of different languages in an attempt to unveil their commonalities. Starting small the channel has recently reached 300.000 subscribers and now is one of the leading channels for language enthusiasts.
As stated by Bahador:
'In a divided world, people come closer together through what they have in common linguistically and culturally. We are all unique in our own ways, but as humans, we all have something in common. A simple cultural exchange can go a long way and have a lasting impact on the global community.'
This is Bahador. Today I invite you to listen to our conversation about the Indo-European languages, Iran and Iranian culture, the Middle East, Zoroastrianism, Canada, the Persian language and so much more.
Bahador's KZfaq channel: www.youtube.com/@BahadorAlast...
Bahador's Instagram: / bahadoralast
Timeline:
00:00 - Intro
01:21 - Who is Bahador Alast?
03:07 - The story behind Bahador's KZfaq channel
08:43 - Bahador's fondest memories of his life in Iran
11:34 - Iran and its ethnic groups
13:02 - Zoroastrianism, its followers and its cultural influence
18:01 - What is Avesta?
20:11 - Was there a time when Indo-European was a single language?
22:59 - How much has Arabic culture affected the Persian language?
27:39 - In which countries do people speak Persian?
36:28 - Does understanding linguistics help to learn languages?
42:07 - The importance of digging deep and remaining critical
47:49 - Who is Bahador looking for to participate in his KZfaq project?
49:35 - Indigenous languages of the United States and Canada
54:30 - Lithuanian - Sanskrit - Old Persian connection
57:26 - Why do so many people confuse Iranian and Arab people?
1:00:41 - What are the most pervasive stereotypes about Iranian people?
1:04:41 - How did the cotemporary Iranian regime come into power?
1:14:21 - What are Bahador's hopes regarding the future?
Want to get in touch? Contact me via a letter or my socials.
linktr.ee/pauliusjuodis

Пікірлер: 37

@Tajik-Shah 4 ай бұрын

I am from Tajikistan. My language is Persian, and when I say Tajik, I mean the Tajik dialect of Persian. Salam va durud ba forszabonon.

@theinkwellpod 4 ай бұрын

Cool! How do you say in Tajik “nice to meet you” ? :)

@Tajik-Shah 2 ай бұрын

@@theinkwellpod I say: Ba didanat khushbakht shudam.

@Hashbrown21 8 ай бұрын

Parsi is the original word for Persian used to mean both the language and ethnic group, e.g., English people, English language, same word. Arabs don’t have the letter P in their language so when they invaded, the name of our language became Farsi. The Persians that managed to flee the invasion to India escaped the Arab influence and so they continued to call themselves and their language Parsi rather than Farsi

@theinkwellpod 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for the historical context!

@user-rz4ki5ht6o 3 ай бұрын

Old persian numeric are from Sindhi language.

@radiant6573 8 ай бұрын

Truly enjoyed this wonderful and educational conversation, and while I am here let me just say how wonderful the Lithuanian and Sanskrit video was. Keep up the great work Paulius! You've got yourself a new subscriber :)

@theinkwellpod 8 ай бұрын

Hi there! I’m very happy that you have enjoyed our conversation. I hope to keep the standards high and to bring more interesting, knowledgeable and well-spoken guests on board!

@sahil5rana 7 ай бұрын

I looked at lithuania old relegion i found similarly basically our old gods like agni ,indra etc are same like your gods Also the swastika symbol i found it great that hwo much we are connected

@omieyadav638 6 ай бұрын

Along with Bahador's channel, this is the other channel where i get knowledge about languages. Thank you both of you.🩵

@theinkwellpod 6 ай бұрын

That's so nice! I'm glad that you have found our content useful and I hope to share many more interesting conversations for you to listen in the future. :)

@ct1734 8 ай бұрын

Is so nice and refreshing to listen to intellinget people talk! Thanks!

@theinkwellpod 8 ай бұрын

Haha, thanks for such a polite comment! I hope that you will enjoy the other conversations as much as you enjoyed this one. :)

@fanzy1338 7 ай бұрын

Fascinating discussion. Bahador is very knowledgeable on the subject.

@theinkwellpod 7 ай бұрын

He truly is. I was glad for the opportunity to pick his brain. :)

@elishevak.8637 9 ай бұрын

As a fan of Bahador's channel, I enjoyed this conversation very much. I'm surprised that Bahador said that Zoroastrianism is monotheistic religion. As far as I know, Zoroastrianism sees the world as ruled by two forces, good and evil. In the Talmud, there are arguements between Jewish sages and Zoroastrians. In the Jewish prayer there is a blessing refering t God who is the creator of both light and darkness because Jews believe that there is only one God who is good. This blessing was written because Zoroastrianism was very popular and influential at that time and our sages wanted Jews to remember that God is one and darkness isn't created by an evil force.

@theinkwellpod 9 ай бұрын

I’m glad that you liked it! Bahador is a great public speaker and has a lot to share. I’m glad that some of his ideas spark discussions. :)

@sarkaarraaaj-bb7py 9 ай бұрын

Enjoyed the whole conversation. The fact that you were abled to ask so many interesting, important & comprehensive questions in such short time made this video enthralling. As a 1st time viewer of your videos, i found your video very interesting, liked it a lot.👌 & Bahador's concise but knowledgeable & deep answers based on interesting facts is always pleasant & interesting to watch.💫

@theinkwellpod 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the feedback! I am delighted that you have enjoyed the video. I will aim at continuing to engage my guest in a meaningful way so that we could learn from what they have to share!

@ewawisniewski897 8 ай бұрын

As a big fan of Bahador's I always enjoy his videos, but it's even more enjoyable to have him talk about the topics he is very knowledgeable and passionate about. These were great questions and the conversation was a pleasure to listen to. It goes without saying that I learned a lot from this! Thank you 😊😊

@theinkwellpod 8 ай бұрын

Hi Ewa! Thank you for a kind comment. I am happy that you have enjoyed our conversation. It was very interesting to have Bahador as a guest and I hope that more interesting people like him will keep appearing on the show. Cheers!

@alani3992 9 ай бұрын

On the question of spread of Indo-European languages, you should try to get linguist Peggy Mohan, who has written books on this topic. IE mainly spread Nouns into new regions, for example the syntax structure of Lithuanian & Sanskrit is different, but they share Nouns.

@theinkwellpod 9 ай бұрын

Hi Alani! Thanks for the recommendation! I'll try to reach out in the future. :)

@nitishkumaryadav1549 9 ай бұрын

I'm here from your discussion on similarity between Lithuanian and Sanskrit. It was amazing and was quite surprised with similarity. Can you explore a bit on this aspect and do a detailed video for that. Subscribing you just in case you make a video on this 😊

@theinkwellpod 9 ай бұрын

Hi! Thanks for subscribing and I am happy that you’ve enjoyed the Sanskrit-Lithuanian episode! I will have this idea in mind. Hopefully, I will be able to find a qualified guest to interview for this topic. :)

@theinkwellpod 9 ай бұрын

Or maybe I’ll do a solo episode, will see. :))

@Mumukshatvam 8 ай бұрын

Me too here from that video You earned a subscriber for your depth and humility ❤