Afghan Children Converse in Malayalam with Kerala Education Minister Sivankutty

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• General Education Minister V. Sivankutty hosted an Afghan family at his official residence, Rose House, in Thiruvananthapuram on July 13, 2025.
• The family consists of Shafiq Rahimi (a research scholar in Economics at the University of Kerala), his wife Zarghona Rahimi, and their six children. Three children attend Government Higher Secondary School in Sreekaryam.
• The Minister engaged the children with questions about Indian political figures; 11-year-old Ahmad Mozamel Rahimi confidently answered regarding the Prime minister and Chief Minister of Kerala.
• Over breakfast, the family shared their positive experiences living in Kerala.Mr.Shafiq described Kerala as a safe place to live and remarked that it was their last year before returning to afghanistan.
• The Afghan siblings have picked up malayalam while attending public schools alongside Hindi and still speak Dari at home.
• Mr. Sivankutty encouraged the family to promote visits to Kerala among Afghan friends back home.
• Other dignitaries present included Sreekaryam school’s School management Committee chairman Suresh Kumar S., Parent Teacher Association president Gopakumar R., and teachers Beena M.V. and Latha R.

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