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An Alzheimer’s patient, suddenly started speaking in a foreign tongue which no one in his family could comprehend. Along with the loss of many other faculties, the Zoroastrian gentleman in the UK seemed to have lost his ability to speak English. With all modes of verbal communication blocked, the level of despair rose. The unexpected arrival of Philippa Vafadari at the home for the aged brought the old man some consolation for, realizing that he was talking in Farsi, she started conversing with him in that language until tears started rolling down his cheeks. While he found a confidante in Vafadari,......