Thursday 15 November 2012

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF THE TWO DAY ENGLISH LITERARY FESTIVAL AT MUMBAI ON 30TH NOVEMBER AND 1 DECEMBER


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF THE TWO DAY ENGLISH LITERARY FESTIVAL AT MUMBAI ON 30TH NOVEMBER AND 1 DECEMBER
Programme Details in Brief
Day One: Friday, 30th November, 2012

    08.30 a.m.                          : Registration

    09.00 a.m.–10:45 a.m.        : Inaugural session including Books’ Release
    10:45 a.m.–11.00 a.m.         : Tea Break
    11.00 am–01:00 p.m.          : Parallel sessions of paper presentations on the topic     
"Contemporary Indian Literature in English: Dimensions & Directions"
     01:00 p.m.–02.00 p.m.       : Lunch break
     02.00 p.m.—03.00 p.m.     : English poetry writing competition for degree                                                           students of Mumbai based participant colleges. (The
                                                best and the runner up will be awarded.)
02.00 p.m.–04.00 p.m.      : Poetry Reading
                                          (Leading English poets of the country read their
                                          poems)
      02.00 p.m.–04.00 p.m.      : Parallel Sessions of Paper Presentations on the topic “Contemporary Indian Literature in English: Dimensions & Directions"

04.00 p.m.–04:30 p.m.      : Coffee break
04:30 p.m.–06:30 p.m.     :GIEWEC’s Executive Committee and General Body   
                                           Meeting

Day Two: Saturday, 1st December, 2012

09.00 a.m.–12.00 noon.    : Workshop on Research Methodology and MLA Style of documentation,  conducted by Prof. Dr. K. V. Dominic (Secretary of  GIEWEC, Editor of two international biannual refereed journals—Writers Editors Critics (WEC) and International Journal on Multicultural Literature (IJML), author/editor of 22 books)
    09.00 a.m.–12.00 noon       : Poetry Reading Continued
    10.30 a.m.–10.45 a.m.         : Coffee break
    12.05 p.m.–01:00 p.m.        : Valedictory Function including awards
                                                    presentation and certificate distribution
    01:00 p.m.–02.00 p.m.        :  Lunch Break
    02.00 pm                             :  Mumbai Sight-seeing (The expense of the trip will
                                                   be shared by the sightseers)




DAY ONE – FRIDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2012

Inaugural Session (Tentative Schedule)
09. 00 am   : The special invitees are welcomed to the dais
09.10 am    : Lighting of the lamp and Prayer song
09.15 am  : Address by Prof. Satyendra Gaur, Head-in-Charge of the Dept. English and Convenor
09.25 am : Address by Dr. (Mrs.) Sudha Vyas, Principal, K J Somaiya College of Arts and Commerce, Mumbai
09.40 am  : Presidential Address by Shri Samir Somaiya, Hon. President or Shri V. Ranganathan, Hon. Secretary, Somaiya Trust          
09.55 am : Address by Prof. Rajkamal Shiromani, President, GIEWEC
10.05 am: Key-note address by Ms. Arundhathi Subramaniam, renowned English Writer, and books’ release
10. 35 am : Vote of thanks by Prof. K. V. Dominic,  Secretary, GIEWEC






Paper Presentation Session 1
Date: 30.11.2012 Time: 11.00 am – 01.00 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Time: 11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Main Auditorium
Topic: Contemporary Indian Literature in English:  Dimensions & Directions”
Chair Person: Dr. Latha Nair R.
                                                                                                                                                                       
S.No
Title of the Paper
Presenter
1
Gestic Language in Mahesh Dattani’s Play Thirty Days in September: A Stage Play in Three Acts.

Dr. Latha Nair R.
2
Vasundhev Kutumbam
Mr. Jayanti M. Dalal
3
Understanding Terrorism: Can Popular Fiction Address Serious Issues? A Study of Jayanti M Dalal’s Novels Spatial Echoes and Bleeding Heights of Kargil

Dr. Jayashree Palit
4
Portrayal of Nature in the poetry of A. K. Ramanujan
Ms. Barathi S.
5

The Revolutionary Spirit of the Contemporary Women Writers of India

Dr. Itishri Sarangi

6

Prof. K. V. Dominic—The Poet with Social Consciousness
Mr. Rama Krishna Perugu
7
The Role of Women in Amitav Ghosh’s The Glass Palace
Ms. Mahboobeh Khaleghi

Paper Presentation Session 2
Date: 30.11.2012 Time: 11.00 am – 01.00 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Time: 11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Mini Auditorium No. 1
Topic: Contemporary Indian Literature in English:  Dimensions & Directions”
Chair Person: Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi

S.No.
Title of the Paper
Presenter
1
The Metaphors of Conquest:  Trends in Contemporary Indian Woman Marginal Poets in English
Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi
2
Communication in Art Song and Literature: Poems versus Novels
Mr. Aju Mukhopadhyay
3
Perpetual Quest for Identity and Commitment  in Nissim Ezekiel  Poetry
Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee

4
The Transient Return to the Anchorage of Life in Taslima Nasrin’s Phera
Ms. Taniya Chakraborty
5
A Critical Analysis of Jaydeep Sarangi’s From Dulong to Beas
Dr. S. Kumaran
6
Seeing Beyond the Ubiquitous: A Critical Scanning of
T. Vasudeva Reddy’s Poetic Vision
Prof. Kavitha Gopalakrishnan
7
Recharging Physiology and Activating Spirituality –Evolutions of Hinduism in the Poetry of Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Vivekananda
Prof. Sibasis Jana




Paper Presentation Session 3
Date: 30.11.2012 Time: 02.00 pm – 04.00 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Time: 11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Main Auditorium
Topic: Contemporary Indian Literature in English:  Dimensions & Directions”
Chair Person: Dr. Rajshree Trivedi

S.No.
Title of the Paper
Presenter
1
The Paradox of Progress and Change in India: Voices of Dissent and Assent in Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger
Dr. Rajshree Trivedi
2
Gujarat Jesuits’ Contribution to Contemporary Literature in English

Fr. Varghese Paul, SJ
3
The Use of Myth in Karnad’s The Fire and The Rain

Mr. Kamble Rajiv Bhimrao

4
Suffering of Women in Anita Desai’s Fire on the Mountain
                                                                   
Dr. Dipali N. Deshmukh

5
Hypocrisy and Moral Breakdown of Modern Women in Shobha De’s Snapshots
Dr. B. Krishnaiah

6
The Evils of Patriarchy  in  Mahesh  Dattani’s  Plays                                                                   
Prof. Mayurakshi Mitra
7
Narratives of Despair: Globalization, Diaspora and Transnational Labour in Kiran Desai’s The Inheritance of Loss
Dr. Paromita Chakrabarti

8
In Quest of  Better  Insights: A Case for Language Through Literature
Dr. Poonam Sahay


Paper Presentation Session 4
Date: 30.11.2012 Time: 02.00 pm – 04.00 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Time: 11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Mini Auditorium No. 1
Topic: Contemporary Indian Literature in English:  Dimensions & Directions”
Chair Person: Dr. Jayashree Palit

S.No.
Title of the Paper
Presenter
1
‘Body of Evidence’: The New Breed of Indian Crime Fiction Writers: Cares and Concerns.
Dr. Jayashree Palit
2
The Spirit for Revolution in Badal Sircar’ Stale News
Dr. Shailaja B. Wadikar
3
Marginalisation of  Women Characters in Kiran Desai’s Inheritance of Loss
Prof. Trupti Sabharanjak

4
The Businessman-Politician Nexus as the Cause of Socioeconomic Disparity and Injustice: A Realistic Portrayal of Contemporary India in Adiga’s The White Tiger
Dr. Vinaybhushan V. Deshmukhe
5
Analyzing David Davidar’s The House of Blue Mangoes
as a depiction of the socio-political aspects of Indian society
Dr. Joji John Panicker
6
The Divided Self- Buried Desires in Anita Nair’s Ladies Coupe

Prof. Vijaya Krishnan
7
Ecofeminism in Arundhati Roy’s God of Small Things
Mr. Vineet Radhakrishnan

8
Nature as a Protagonist and the Impact of Geophysical Condition on Indian Diasporic Writings
Dr. Shikha Dutta

Date: 30.11.2012 Time: 02.00 pm – 03.00 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Time: 11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Class Room
Programme: Poetry Writing Competition for Students

Date: 30.11.2012 Time: 02.00 pm – 04.00 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Time: 11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Mini Auditorium No. 2
Programme: Poetry Reading
Chair Person: Prof. T. V. Reddy

Sl. No
Names of Poets
1.      
Prof. T. V. Reddy
2.      
Prof. I. K. Sharma
3.      
Mr. Aju Mukhopadhyay
4.      
Mr. Jayanti M. Dalal
5.      
Prof. Rajkamal Shiromani
6.      
Prof. K. V. Dominic
7.      
Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi
8.      
Mr. Girish H. Joshi
9.      
Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee
10.                         
Ms. S. Barathi
11.                         
Dr. Itishri Sarangi
12.                         
 Prof. Preeti Vaswani
13.                         
 Mr. Rama Krishna Perugu
14.                         
 Mr. Jacob Isaac
15.                         
 Prof. Renuka Devi Jena
16.                         
 Prof. Swati Vaidya
17.                         
 Prof. Satyendra Gaur
18.                         
 Prof. Sibasis Jana
19.                         
Ms. Chandraben Shrimali
20.                         
 Ms. Taniya Chakraborty
21.                         
Mr. Santanu Halder
Date: 30.11.2012 Time: 04.30 pm – 06.30 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Time: 04.00 pm – 06.00 pm
Hall: Main Auditorium
GIEWEC’s Executive and General Body Meeting
DAY TWO – SATURDAY, 1 DECEMBER 2012
Date: 01.12.2012 Time: 09.00 am – 12.00 noon                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Time: 11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Main Auditorium
Programme: Workshop on Research Methodology and MLA Style of Documentation
Chair Person: Prof. K. V. Dominic






Date: 01.12.2012 Time: 09.00 am – 12.00 noon                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Time: 11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Mini Auditorium No. 1
Programme: Poetry Reading
Chair Person: Mr. Aju Mukhopadhyay

Sl. No
Names of Poets
1.      
Mr. Aju Mukhopadhyay
2.      
Prof. I. K. Sharma
3.      
Prof. T. V. Reddy
4.      
Mr. Jayanti M. Dalal
5.      
Prof. Rajkamal Shiromani
6.      
Dr. Jaydeep Sarangi
7.      
Mr. Girish H. Joshi
8.      
Dr. Ratan Bhattacharjee
9.      
Ms. S. Barathi
10.                         
Dr. Itishri Sarangi
11.                         
 Prof. Preeti Vaswani
12.                         
 Mr. Rama Krishna Perugu
13.                         
 Mr. Jacob Isaac
14.                         
 Prof. Renuka Devi Jena
15.                         
 Prof. Swati Vaidya
16.                         
 Prof. Satyendra Gaur
17.                         
 Prof. Sibasis Jana
18.                         
Ms. Chandraben Shrimali
19.                         
 Ms. Taniya Chakraborty
20.                         
Mr. Santanu Halder

Date: 01.12.2012 Time: 12.05 pm – 01.00 pm                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Time: 11.30 am – 01.30 pm
Hall: Main Auditorium
Programme: Valedictory Function