XXVII INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES (FILLM), UNESCO 2017 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
Multipurpose Hall/ Seminar Rooms 1, 2 and 3 (Kamaladevi Complex) from 11:30-13:30
Plenary Discussion
Expressing the Self, Translating the Other: The Impacting Conundrum of the Exotic and the Familiar
Discussants: Moderator: Prof GJV Prasad, (JNU) and Prof Anvita Abbi (Sahitya Akademi), Dr Sukrita Paul Kumar(Aruna Asif Ali Chair) and Dr Tom Clark (VTU, Melbourne; Secretary General, FILLM and President Australasian Literatures and Languages Association)
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Performance CD Deshmukh Auditorium at 17:30
Vividha
An amalgamation of Indian Classical dance forms of Kathak, Bharatanatyam, Odissi, Vividha showcases the intricacies of each form, bringing them together in a celebration of the elements of nature. The choreography is conseptualised by Monisa Nayak with Sneha Chakradhar and Shalakha Rai
(Sponsored by Rasaja Foundation)
XXVII INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES (FILLM), UNESCO 2017 INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
Wednesday 15-17 March
XXVII International Federation of Modern Languages and Literatures (FILLM), Unesco 2017 International congress
The Familiar and the Exotic in Language and Literature: The Politics of Perception and Representation
15 March
Multipurpose Hall/ Seminar Rooms 1, 2 and 3 (Kamaladevi Complex) from 9:30-11:30
Inaugural Plenary
Chair and Speaker: Prof Christel Devadawson , Delhi University
Postcolonially Yours::Flora Annie Steel, Lockwood Kipling, and the Illustration of Folktale
Speaker: Prof Elleke Boehmer, Leverhulme Professor, Oxford University
The Politics and Poetics of Postcolonial Critique
Multipurpose Hall/ Seminar Rooms 1, 2 and 3 (Kamaladevi Complex) from 14:15 -15:30
Plenary Lecture
Chair: Prof Anvita Abbi, Sahitya Akademi
Speaker: Prof Ayesha Kidwai, JNU, Infosys Awardee.
Fetishizing (Linguistic) Diversity: Some reflections on the Indian Instance
ARTEAST
FROM 10:00 TO 11:30 IN SEMINAR ROOMS I TO III
Of Other Partitions
A roundtable discussion that focuses on Eastern India’s stories of Partition that somehow remain outside the general narrative of Partition of India. The discussion will begin with a sound installation by Moushumi Bhowmik
Speakers: Udayon Misra; Moushumi Bhowmik; Debjani Sengupta; and Vishwajyoti Ghosh
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12:00 TO 13:30
The Ground Beneath: Governance and Civil Society in India’s Northeast
Speakers: Barsha Poricha; G.K. Pillai; Govind Bhattacharejee; Sunil Kaul; and Surjit Thokchom
14:45 TO 16:45
Adda: The Lost Art of Conversation
The word ‘adda’ roughly speaking is the practice of friends getting together for long, informal and unrigorous conversations. This session proposes an adda on the culture of adda and perhaps the shrinking space for conversations and opinions as well
Speakers: Shiv Visvanathan; Amarendra Khatua; Ashok Vajpeyi; Basant Rajkumar; Raju Nazary; Ian Lyngdoh
From 17:00 to 17:40 in Seminar Rooms I to III
Tea Tasting Ceremony
Curated and conducted by Dhrubajit Chaliha, Korangani Tea
At 18:30 in the Fountain Lawns
Songs She Carries
Concert by Moushumi Bhowmik with Tajdar Junaid
Moushumi Bhowmik is a singer, songwriter and music researcher who has been involved in a field recordings – based project called The Travelling Archive: Field Recordings and Field Notes from Bengal. Moushumi will present her own compositions and also draw from folk music of Bengal
Tajdar Junaid is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer and producer who’s debut album was named album of the year by Rolling Stone magazine in 2013. His music has featured in the work of leading filmmakers abroad and in India
The festival has been organised to mark 25 Years of National Foundation for India and curated by Kishalay Bhattacharjee
ARTEAST
FRIDAY 24 & 25
FESTIVAL ? ANNEXE ART GALLERY, GANDHI-KING PLAZA, C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM, SEMINAR ROOMS I TO III, KAMALADEVI COMPLEX
Curated by Kishalay Bhattacharjee
The festival is an initiative to raise pertinent questions through a series of engagements on art, livelihood, social justice, climate change, communication, history – past and present, issues that have a far reaching impact on every day life of people and of the nation. Organised in collaboration with National Foundation for India; Sasakawa Foundation; and Reachout Foundation
Exhibitions:
Tectonic Live
An exhibition of paintings and puppets
By Jimmy Chishi
The exhibition explores the architecture of forms mimicking human movement and inspired by the constructing powers in nature as well as architecture. It attempts to capture the multi-facetedness of living, which are passive and active, organic and inorganic. The work is inspired by the aesthetics of Bauhaus and traditional Naga renderings
Preview on Thursday, 23rd March 2017 at 18:30
On view 24 to 30 March 2017, 11:00 to 19:00 at the Annexe Art Gallery
Ebb and Flow: Migration, masks and River Stories
Maskmakers and artists from Majuli, the world’s biggest inhabited river island will demonstrate their craft through installations and workshops. Central to their artistic approach is the performative aspect of masks. The Majuli pavilion is an installation on the historical and cultural intersections between monastic art, tribal life, climate change and displacement
On view 24 and 25 March 2017, 11:00 to 19:00 at the Gandhi-King Plaza
Majuli: Hope and Homelessness
An installation in water depicting the homelessness of the people of Majuli with relentless erosion and loss of livelihood and habitat. Everyday objects of home fill up the physical space of memory and identity; a pot, a lantern, a bicycle, a suitcase, the masks that are perhaps no longer required and their gods and goddesses
On view 24 and 25 March 2016 in the Fountains next to the Lounge
Roots: Living Root Bridges of Meghalaya
A photo essay by Ian Khongmen
Bridges in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya are not built but grown. The photo essay shows how villages in Meghalaya use traditional knowledge to engineer a unique bridge building art with living roots of rubber trees. This ancient and rare art of making the roots grow across a stretch weaving in sticks and stones till they take root on the other side of the river thus allowing the people to cross over
On view 24 to 30 March 2017 at the Quadrangle Garden
FROM 16:30 TO 19:45 AT C.D. DESHMUKH AUDITORIUM
Introduction
By
Mukhabhaona
A traditional mask theatre/dance performance by the mask makers of Majuli. The mukha or mask is an important component of the bhaona – a traditional form of entertainment with a religious message, first created in the 16thcentury by Shankaradeva. The performance is a tribute to Sanjoy Ghose, development activist
Film: Majuli – Land Between Two Rivers
(45 min; 2017; HD; English & with subtitles)
Directed by Parashar Baruah
The film explores the challenges in preserving the island physically and it’s culture of mask making that is as threatened as the island itself. A searing narrative of the survival of art and life itself, told through masked characters drawn from mythology
From 18:00 to 19:15 in Seminar Rooms I to III, Kamaladevi Complex
Discussion on Philanthropy: The Art of Giving
Panelists:
Unwinding
A dance workshop which will describe and reveal the creative tension between the diasporic experience and upholding tradition
Presentation by Pranita Nayar from Mandala South Asian Performing Arts, Chicago, USA
Pranita Nayar is the recipient of 2016 Chicago Dance Maker Forum award and panellist on the National Dance Project (USA), and is a leading Bharatanatyam dance professional residing in Chicago, USA
Aaj Kavita: Poetry Readings in Hindi
READINGS ? ANNEXE LECTURE ROOM II AT 18:30
By Mahesh Verma, Vivek Nirala, R Chetan Kranti & Piyush Daiya
(Collaboration: Raza Foundation)
Gwalior – A Journey of Indian Music
(52 min; 2016; dvd; English & with subtitles)
Directed by Nandit Desai who will introduce the film
Screening will be followed by a discussion
INDIAN ARCHAEOLOGY
Rare Images of Durga Mahisamardini
Speaker: Dr. Sunanda Srivastava, former Superintending Archaeologist, ASI
Chair: Dr. D.N. Dimri
Worship of Sakti or Devi as the supreme goddess has been very popular since ancient times, Durga being the most revered one. This form of Devi attained such admiration that her images as Mahisasuramardini were ubiquitously sculpted and found across the country. Discussion on a few of rare images of Durga will be the topic of the talk
Sitar and Vocal Duet
By Hans Utter and Utpola Borah from USA, Hans is a disciple of Ustad Shujaat Khan and Utpola Borah is a disciple Prabha Atre, Malashree Prasad, Iqbal Khan and Indralal Danda
Tagore: Beyond his Language
Release of a book edited by Imre Bangha by Prof Lokesh Chandra, President of the Indian Council for Cultural Relations
Introduction to the book: Dr. Imre Bangha
Followed by a discussion:
Speakers: Dr. Radha Chakravarty, Ms Namita Gokhale, Dr. Alka Pande and Shri Vijay Kowshik
Chair: Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan
Open discussion moderated by Prof. Malashri Lal
(Collaboration: Primus Books)