Abu Saleh: November 2015

Saturday, November 28, 2015

“Cults and conscience”: An opinion on the opinion of Dr. Vamsee Juluri on Aamir Khan’s speaking on Intolerance in India

On November 27, 2015 The Hindu published an Opinion titled "Cults and conscience" written by Dr. Vamsee Juluri, Professor of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco. The link of the article is: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/aamir-khans-remarks-cult-and-conscience/article7919970.ece

As the debate is going on, it was suggested to me by some friend who simply thinks that 'People like Aamir should be thrown out of India'. Since the friend is in 'academics,' he surely needs to defend his arguments with an article like this.

The article looks balanced and rather pleasing majoritarian views. I agree with some points written here but disagree a lot. Few points below

'Amir Khan's recent transformation': The 'recent' needs more explanation and clarity. Aamir has been actively and openly supported Narmada Bachao Andolan, Spoke against Gujarat Riots, Joined Anaa Movement and later as suggested by the writer Satyameva Jayate and so on. He has also been supporter of initiatives like Swaccha Bharat and campaigned for Pulse Polio Doses, Organ Donation and Incredible India.

Regarding their moving out 'Considered' differ a lot with thought, discussed. It has to be analysed in detail.

'Whether there was an act of intolerance against Khan', looks immature. Does everyone need to be attacked, abused, killed to talk something?

'Khan has continued to work freely': Fanah was objected since he spoke against Gujarat Riots. Let Aamir decides how free he feels himself.

'He has not been browbeaten by governments, political parties, nor by citizens': PK was objected by many people, he was abused, trolled as anti-Hindu; criticism and jokes were flowing in social media. Some organisation heads, many politicians including some elected members objected PK and advocated for banning it.

'His selective story-telling in PK': A Media Professor is saying this! His story-telling? Was he the director? Was it his story? Was he the scriptwriter? Was the producer of the film?

Further, 'Intolerance is not just three murders'. We need to understand what 'Intolerance' people are taking about. We can read some letters the writers, filmmakers have written to the President of India, the Govt. There are some open letters by academicians and so on too. We need to think deeper what the people are worried about.

'Polarisation is real?'… Well, people are not fool to do all this, no panic without some reality. If one follows the other side regularly, will find it very clearly and will not question the genuineness of it. Anyway, the real polarisation is somewhere else though where people are being polarised for electoral benefits, for making a Hindu Rastra and so on.

At the beginning as I gave example of my friend there might be many people who are using this article as a counter 'intellectual' argument in the ongoing debate. I think before writing something we should think many other aspects too.

Thanks

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

anjalidaimari@yahoo.com; fardina1@yahoo.co.in

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

International Seminar on Contemporary Pakistani Fiction in English (Date: 25-27 February, 2016)

full name / name of organization:

Department of English, Gauhati University

contact email:

The Department of English, Gauhati University, in its series International Seminars on Contemporary South Asian Fictions in English is happy to announce the second conference of the series. This time the focus is on Pakistan: an attempt at mapping its culture, literature, people, politics and conflicts—in short, ensuring comprehensibility from our varied locations and positions. One of the many themes in this seminar will be to consider the issues that concern writers of/from Pakistan and writers from North-Eastern parts of India.

Pakistani English literature refers to English literature that has developed and evolved in Pakistan and abroad, written by Pakistani writers as well as by members of the Pakistani diaspora who write in English. Dr. Alamgir Hashmi introduced the term "Pakistani Literature [originally written] in English" in his "Preface" to his pioneering book Pakistani Literature: The Contemporary English Writers (New York, 1978; Islamabad, 1987) as well as through his other scholarly work and the seminars and courses taught by him in many universities since 1970's. As one of the academic disciplines in the world today, it is now a widely popular field of study.

However, fiction from Pakistan began to receive recognition in the latter part of the 20th century. The early success of Pakistani English poets was followed in fiction by the prose works written by Ahmed Ali and Zulfikar Ghose, and by such figures as Bapsi Sidhwa; in the diaspora, Hanif Kureshi commenced a prolific career with the novel The Buddha of Suburbia (1990), which won the Whitbread Award. In the early years of the 21st century, a number of Pakistani novelists writing in English won or were shortlisted for International awards. Mohsin Hamid's first novel Moth Smoke (2000) won the Betty Trask Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. The first novel of Mohammed Hanif, A Case of Exploding Mangoes (2008) was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award.

A reading of Pakistani writing in English foregrounds the experience of Partition and the violence in its aftermath. Many states in Northeast did not necessarily agree to the boundary demarcations in the event of the creation of states within the Indian union. In fact many states refused to be a part of the Indian union. This has led to rising discontent among the people leading to violent movements rendering the region strife torn. How do writers articulate violence and angst creatively in their works will be interesting to explore.

Since its inception, following the two nation theory by the then Muslim league led by Jinnah, Pakistan has never emerged clear from the confluence of state, power, nation, democracy and religion. For the writers from Pakistan and those who identify with the country, these issues become blurred in their quest for identity and belongingness as they continue to question the myth of Pakistan's national discourse on the origins of the nation and Jinnah's contribution. These writers are also sensitive to the internal diversities - linguistic, cultural or social in Pakistan. While some like Kamila Shamsie and Mohsin Hamid draw the strength of Pakistan's national democracy from its diversity, others like Bapsi Sidhwa look at the periphery. Some like Moni Mohsin relates in his work to characters from pre-Pakistan land and its community by engaging in a different image of a nation. Others have explored the functions of the nation in everyday life. From Mumtaj Shah Nawaz's early novel The Heart Divided to the post 9/11 Mohsin Hamid's book The Reluctant Fundamentalist there has been a continuous quest for the human element and 'self' in terms of geopolitics, history, culture and language. Now, there are emerging writers like Tehmina Durrani and Fatima Bhutto from elite families like the Durranis and the famous Bhutto Family respectively who have come out with novels like My Feudal Lord and The Shadow of the Crescent Moon expanding the horizons of Pakistani fiction in English.

In the words of Dr Nukhbah Langah, non-fiction, life writing, poetry and drama, the trajectory of Pakistani writing follows similar trajectories as those we see in India. While Urdu theatre, especially activist theatre, has made its mark in the work of groups like Ajoka and Punjab Lok Rehas that drew inspiration from the work of Badal Sircar in India, there have been significant developments in terms of English theatre in the urban centres of the country. Similarly, there has been a spurt in recent years of memoirs, biographies and other writings. However, our seminar would like to focus more on fiction, being the dominant genre in South Asian Literature.

Papers are invited on the following sub-themes but not limited to these:
• Question of Identities
• Violence and the Nation
• Partition and Literature
• Gender, Sexuality and the Body
• Literature, Culture and Religion
• Home and Homelessness
• Sufism
• Postcolonial Feminism
• Post 9/11 writings
• Cityscapes
• Films/Documentaries

Paper presenters are requested to write their papers keeping in mind that they will be allocated a maximum reading time of 20 minutes each followed by 5 minutes of interaction. They must follow the MLA handbook format and are to submit a soft copy of the paper at the time of registration.
A 300-word abstract should be sent to:
anjalidaimari@yahoo.com;
fardina1@yahoo.co.in
Registration
The registration fee for the participants is Rs 2000/- which will take care of Seminar kit and hospitality. Accommodation will be made available on request. The accommodation charge including food would be Rs. 2000/-.
Important Dates:

Last date of submitting abstract (300 words) 30 November 2015
Acceptance to be notified by 15 December 2015
Completed papers to reach the organizers by 30 January 2016

For further details contact:

Anjali Daimari (+91 9678328588)
Farddina Hussain ( +91 7086523744)
Convenors
Department of English
Gauhati University
Guwahati-14

cfp categories:

cultural_studies_and_historical_approaches

ethnicity_and_national_identity

film_and_television

gender_studies_and_sexuality

international_conferences

postcolonial

travel_writing

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Sunday, November 22, 2015

On UGC Non-Net

Dear All,

Please find bellow a collective statement on the decision by the UGC to do away with the non-NET fellowship scheme. The intention is to organize a signature campaign and mass share with all. You can mail it to your friends and like-minded people, press, Govt. officials and so on. Please copy, paste, share, forward to as many as possible.

Thank all in anticipation.

"As students carrying out our research work in various disciplines, we strongly oppose the decision taken by the University Grants Commission (UGC) on the 7^th of October, 2015 to discontinue the non-NET fellowship scheme, which is operational in different central and few state universities across the country. We believe that this regressive decision will not only put the future of many aspiring researchers at stake but will also do great harm to the overall research atmosphere of the country. The non-NET fellowship scheme made it possible for a considerable number of researchers across disciplines to remain committed to the spirit of scholarship as they tried to survive a crucial period of transition in their career by struggling to clear the National Eligibility Test or avail some other source of financial support. Therefore, discontinuing this fellowship scheme will only adversely affect the quality of research and make it inaccessible to an important section of young and aspiring researchers who, despite great financial hurdles, decided to go on pursuing serious research work in their respective disciplines. Act of this kind on the part of UGC is at once insulting and discouraging to the scholars who are sincerely engaged in their research work, and concerned about both the present and future of scholarship in India.

This is no secret that researchers in India pursue their work within miserable infrastructural conditions and despite these, produce important specimens of scholarship. In such a situation, one expects that the UGC will work to create better research atmosphere in the country. The decision by the UGC to do away with the non-NET fellowship scheme has come as a rebuttal to our hopes and expectations. We, like our friends opposing this decision in front of the UGC, are afraid that this is yet another step to damage the spirit of public education in our country. Hence, we stand in solidarity with all those opposing this regressive decision which, we believe, will only be greatly harmful to the state of current research in India".

Researchers of India lets unite and demand UGC and MHRD take back this horrible decision and expand this scheme to various state universities with a hike in the fellowship amount.

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Saturday, November 21, 2015

A Note on RGNF ST/ NFST

There was a fellowship scheme called Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for ST students doing research in Indian Universities. It was/is being funded by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Govt. of India. From past one year it has been highly irregular. Months back when call for other schemes were announced, it was not. Recently, it has been revamped as National Fellowship for Higher Education of ST students and add is given in the UGC website (http://www.ugc.ac.in/ugc_schemes). Though the process has changed a bit, it got announced; tensed ST friends got solace but nothing great happened. Well, obviously name matters! And genuinely why Rajiv Gandhi's name should be everywhere that too in this Govt's time!

Recently, when I saw the new advertisement in the UGC website, I got surprised that it mentions "@ Rs.25,000/-pa for initial two years (for JRF) and @ Rs.28,000/-pa for remaining tenure (SRF) (http://www.ugc.ac.in/rgnfst/amount_fellowship.aspx)".

Earlier it was Rs. 25,000/Rs.28,000 per month for JRF and SRF respectively. Now it says PA (Per Annum). So, you are thinking that it might be a printing mistake right? Let's see another page then, and it mentions

"The payment of Fellowship to the selected students will be made on YEARLY basis, through the Direct Benefit Transfer system immediately after selection of the candidates (P6, http://www.ugc.ac.in/rgnfst/Downloads/rgnfst.pdf)".

Earlier it was MONTHLY. Now, this is adding more to the confusion. Do PA (Per Annum) and YEARLY converging together and sound something mysterious? Well, I am in doubt and I think UGC and Ministry of Tribal Affairs must clarify it soon.

Further, in a time when students are protesting about Non-Net fellowship where UGC and MHRD is trying to introduce some wired MERIT system for research scholars and news of fund cuts in education is rampant, this document speaks a lot too. For example this paragraph

"In case the number of candidates exceeds the number of available awards, priority will be give first to Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVGTs) (earlier called as Primitive Tribal Groups) followed by female candidates, then BPL candidates and the remaining ones on inter-se-merit (P2 http://www.ugc.ac.in/rgnfst/Downloads/rgnfst.pdf)".

I hope people will notice it and the funding bodies will clarify it soon. Or else this is one more repressive step in education by the system.

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Thursday, November 19, 2015

CFP: International Conference, Centre for Canadian Studies, JUCL, 16-18 February, 2016

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Three Day International Conference On

"No map, no trail, no footprint, no way home": Rethinking Memory, History and Representation in India and Canada

16 – 17 – 18 February, 2016

Organized by Centre for Canadian Studies

Department of Comparative Literature, Jadavpur University, Kolkata - 700 032

"No map, no trail, no footprint, no way home" is a refrain uttered by the characters in Monique Mojica's Princess Pocahontas and the Blue Spots. The words, in particular, were echoed Lady Rebecca – the Christian name for Pocahontas – who was taken to the Elizabethan court as a specimen from the 'New World'. The refrain creates narratives of wandering and forgotten homelands and reiterates the process of remembering/ memory. The complex relationship between memory and history reveals that "history is willing to question the epistemological status of its object of study—the past—but less ready to engage with how 'the past' itself is variously conceptualised and constituted as history, memory, or archive." (Hodgskin and Radstone 2003: 3). The conference would explore the role of memory and historical events within local, national, transnational contexts and temporalities in pluralist societies as existing in India and Canada. Moreover, we live in an era engulfed by the powers of globalization where 'identity' has become more volatile, fragmented and split. Consequently, heterogeneous identities have led to the development of 'New Centres' from 'Old Margins' despite resistance from various national, ethnic and religious communities which advocate a centered, homogenous self. Further, 'reenactments' in socio-cultural and literary spheres are used to access lost or inaccessible areas. Such 'representation' serves as a vehicle to cultural memory, a witness to a forgotten past. This conference would invite papers in the context of India and Canada which discuss the inter-relation between historical encounters and its consequences, shifts in pedagogy and alternative aesthetics. How is 'home' and 'belonging' transformed through intervention of stories within shifting geographies? How have literary, visual, performance-oriented, historical, political, sociological, or 'cultural' texts situated 'transformations' unique to India and Canada? How have cosmopolitanism, feminism, canon debates, new historicism, Indigenous studies, transnationalism, queer studies, diaspora studies, digital humanities and ecocriticism shaped the socio-cultural and literary imagination in Canada and India?

The conference therefore invites submissions which explore the trajectory of memory, history and representation in India and Canada within the scope of the critical spaces offered but not restricted by the following:

· Old Margins, New Centres

· Alternative aesthetics and shifting pedagogies

· Political movements and literary transactions

· Literary history and generic configurations

· Forgotten histories and reenactments

· Peripheral modernities and shifting identities

· Cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism

· Archival repository vs contemporary existence

· Environmental balance and social regeneration

· Sovereignty, Policy and Law

Conference Coordinators:

Professor Suchorita Chattopadhyay, Coordinator, Centre for Canadian Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Dr. Debashree Dattaray, Deputy Coordinator, Centre for Canadian Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Abstracts of about 300 words, with a 50-word note on the speaker, must be emailed to the Conference Coordinators at canadacentreju@gmail.com before 15^th December 2015. Acceptance mails will be sent by 31^st December, 2015.

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Call for Papers: Translation and the Arts

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From: Translation Conference <transconf@glendon.yorku.ca>
Date: 17 November 2015 at 07:38
Subject: Call for Papers: Translation and the Arts
To:

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Seventh Annual Graduate Student Conference in Translation Studies
Call for Papers: Translation and the Arts

The graduate students of the School of Translation at Glendon College, York University, are pleased to announce the Seventh Annual Graduate Student Conference in Translation Studies to be held on Saturday, March 5, 2016 at Glendon College in Toronto, Canada.

Translation is a site for creative activity that operates within dynamic fields of linguistic and cultural contact. This site opens roads into inquiries on how translation operates within the arts and how the arts operate within translation. Translators and interpreters can be viewed as playing the role of artists, while artists themselves embody many of the singularities that characterize the translator's task. Within the shifting multimedia landscape of the digital age and an era of highly globalized cultural production it is of value to question the interplay between the human imagination and our diverse forms of cultural expression.

We invite students, scholars, translators, artists and critics to join us in sharing ideas that explore the interdependence of translation and the arts; how this relationship has manifested itself throughout history; and how it is developing in an age of rapid globalization, technological innovation and values that celebrate cultural diversity. The questions we put forward to spark this discussion include the following: how are forms of artistic expression, ranging from the literary, musical, visual, and performance influenced and shaped by translation? How does translation figure in the creative process and within the mediums of artistic productions? In what capacities do translators engage with art and do artists engage with translation? Where do critical theories from both domains intersect and how can they serve one another?

Topics for papers and posters can include, but are not limited to the following:

The translator's subjectivity, subconscious and the role imagination plays in his or her work.

Reflections on translation as an on-going creative thinking process e.g. autoethnography, retranslation, self-translation.

Approaches to the translation of artistic works —poetry, songs, plays, films, comics and even video games.

Artistic and fictional representations of translation, translators and interpreters.

Innovative manifestations of translation in creative digital and social mediums.

Trends in subtitling and surtitling, simultaneous interpreting, audio description and other translational mediums as applied to the arts.

Linguistic and sensorial accessibility at artistic venues.

The relationship between translation theory and criticism.

Ongoing debates in the study of world/comparative literature, music, film, and performance.

These and other related issues will be addressed at this one-day multilingual event, which will include a series of individual presentations (20 minutes each) and other related activities. Interested persons are invited to submit proposals of 250-300 words in English, French or Spanish by Monday, January 4, 2016 to transconf@glendon.yorku.ca. Please ensure that you include the title of your submission, your name, affiliation if appropriate, email address and any tech requests. Selected papers will be considered for publication. We may be able to provide simultaneous interpretation to and from Arabic, English, French, Mandarin, Portuguese and Spanish at the conference.

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Negotiating Marginalities: Gender, Caste, Class and Race in Women’s Writing: A National Seminar

Sir/Madam,

Sub: Call for Papers – National Seminar

We are happy to inform you that a two-day National seminar (UGC Sponsored) is being organized by the Department of English, Mar Thoma College, Thiruvalla, Kerala on "Negotiating Marginalities: Gender, Caste, Class and Race in Women's Writing" on 28th and 29^th of January, 2016. We invite original and hitherto unpublished papers pertaining to the topics taken up in the seminar, for presentation and publication.

This seminar endeavours to address the issues of marginalization of women, their lack of agency, of voice and their subjectivity, along with other social, cultural categories that are operational together and in consonance with gender, as reflected in women's writing in different parts of the world. This enables it to bring into its purview black women's writing, lesbian feminist writing, Dalit women's literature, etc.

The last date for the reception of abstracts (in not more than 250 words) is 10^th December, 2015 and that of completed papers (as per MLA format) is 30^th December 2015. Kindly mail your abstracts and complete papers to: nationalseminarmtc@gmail.com 0r susanthomas03@gmail.com

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Leena B. Cheriyan (Head of the Department) Ms.Susan Thomas(Convenor)

(Note: Second Class Sleeper rail fare (only) will be given to outstation paper presenters.)

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

PhD Viva of Upendar Gundala

Please note that it has been postponed to 2.30 pm.

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Monday, November 16, 2015

IWPG: International Women’s Peace Group: Request to sign this online Peace Agreement

International Women's Peace Group (IWPG) is working towards the implementation of an international convention on the cessation of war. They think that if women and youth who are victims of wars unite as one for cessation of war, it will bring power to stop wars. They also firmly believe that your signature on WPI campaign will conclude with real peace in our generation.

Please have a look into the website: http://internationalwomenspeacegroup.org/

Watch the video there or you can watch it in Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/135298586

To sign please visit: http://internationalwomenspeacegroup.org/?page_id=2750

They need a billion signatures from the world before they submit this to UNO.

Please forward this to all your contacts and sign this peace agreement.

Thanks

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

http://www.uohyd.ac.in/index.php/81-about-uoh/1443-vacant-faculty-positions

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Faculty Openings at the University of Hyderabad

Dear Sir/Madam,

University of Hyderabad invites applications at the levels of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor in its various Schools, Departments and Centres.

There is an associate professor vacancy at the Centre for Comparative Literature too.

Last date for submission of filled-in applications is 30.11.2015

For more please visit: http://www.uohyd.ac.in/

http://www.uohyd.ac.in/images/recruitment/advt-121015.pdf

http://jobs.uohyd.ac.in/online/

Please forward and inform others.

Thanks.

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Friday, November 13, 2015

Viva of Mrinmoy Pramanick

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Thursday, November 12, 2015

“Maulana Azad's Idea of India and Present Day Contexts”

A Talk and Discussion on

"Maulana Azad's Idea of India and Present Day Contexts"

Thursday, 12/11/2015, 4:00 PM

Auditorium, School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad.

Prof. Anwar Moazzam, Former Professor, Osmania University

Mr. Mir Ayoob Ali Khan, Columnist, Times of India, Hyderabad & Media Coordinator, Maulana Azad National Urdu University

Chair: Prof. Muzaffar Ali Shahmiri, Head, Department of Urdu, UoH.

All Are Invited

Join us for a cup of tea

MANUU Alumni @ University of Hyderabad

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

A Talk and Discussion on "Maulana Azad's Idea of India and Present Day Contexts"

A Talk and Discussion on "Maulana Azad's Idea of India and Present Day Contexts"

On Thursday, 12/11/2015, 4:00 PM

Auditorium, School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad.

Prof. Anwar Moazzam, Former Professor, Osmania University

Mr. Mir Ayoob Ali Khan, Columnist, Minority Affairs Editor, Times of India, Hyderabad & Media Coordinator, Maulana Azad National Urdu University

Chair: Prof. Muzaffar Shahmiri, Head, Department of Urdu, UoH.

All Are Invited

By: MANUU Alumni @ University of Hyderabad

Contact: Abu: 9494242645/ Shuja: 9603766807

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1512803975704638/

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

New Issue of Muse India Released

Dear Friends,

HAPPY DIWALI! Wishing you joyous times with your dear ones.

The new Issue of Muse India (Issue 64, Nov-Dec 2015) is now released and can be viewed at www.museindia.com. There has been an unusual delay of a week this time due to unavoidable factors and we regret it.

The Issue brings focus on Écriture Feminine – writings on feminine issues – edited by Semeen Ali, which goes beyond the merely feminine, to cover other marginalised groups. With over 40 items of articles, poetry and fiction, the large section offers much to ponder about.

We feature some more short stories from regional languages translated into English, in the second part of coverage on Indian short fiction.

We engage the noted film actor, writer and painter, Deepti Naval in a long conversation on creativity and her book of short fiction. In another interesting discussion, S M Shahed, founder editor of Urdu Shahkar and a poet, talks of his passion for popularising Urdu poetry.

Our general sections of literary articles, book reviews, short fiction and poetry - where most of our members contribute – offer rich variety and pulsate with power of new ideas and expression. We receive far more submissions than what we can accommodate and have to regretfully select only some. We thank all contributors for the interest they take.

We have revived the section on 'Art Gallery' that feature arts and crafts of the country. I am happy to share that Dr Priyadarshi Patnaik, Associate Professor at IIT-Kharagpur, has joined the Muse India team as Art Editor. In this Issue, he takes a look at recent trends in Odisha's celebrated Patta Chitras.

With the 6^th edition of the popular Hyderabad Literary Festival slated to be held from Jan 7^th to 10^th, 2016, we offer a Curtain Raiser to give a glimpse of the multi-art extravaganza being planned. The festival, initiated by Muse India, has grown leaps and bounds in the last 5 years, and is rated among the best litfests in the country today. Do plan to come and enjoy the sessions.

Finally, look up our announcement for coverage in future issues, in the link 'Forthcoming.' We welcome submissions for the various features announced.

With warm wishes,

Surya

GSP Rao, Managing Editor, Muse India

Thanks & Regards:

Abu Saleh

PhD Research Scholar @ Centre for Comparative Literature (CCL)

School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad (UoH), India.
Mobile: +91 94 94 24 26 45

Mail: abusaleh@uohyd.ac.in Or abusalehenglish@gmail.com