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| Litfest at SHLA, English Department CLUJ | | |  Early Times Report
JAMMU, Dec 15: The Department of English, School of Humanities and Liberal Arts, Under the patronage of Prof Bechan Lal, Vice Chancellor Cluster University of Jammu organised a Two Day Lit Fest on 15th of December 2022. Dr Geetanjali A. Rana, Dean School of Arts felicitated the key note resource person for the session and the formal welcome address was given Dr Twinkle Suri, the Head Department of English. The inaugural session commenced with the deliberations of Professor Anupama Vohra, DDE, Convenor Publication Cell, University of Jammu. She dwelt on "Navigating Women's World: A Talk on Women Studies". While speaking on the occasion, she reiterated that women's status has really been uplifted in the society and the act of writing has been instrumental in it. She stressed on the sustenance of gender equality and gender sensitivity among the youth of the day. However, she also expressed her concern about the increase of violence against women and children as well.
She hoped that crimes against women will decrease with the spread of modern educational values. She further added that women, under the garb of feminism, must not misuse their power to dominated men or womenfolk. During her interactive session with the students, she suggested to watch movies and read literature which represent women as integral part of society and consider them as humans who can be pivotal in uplifting the condition of women at large. She gave an example of movies such as; "Bol" and "Sultana's Dream".
Dr Garima Gupta, Department of English, University of Jammu was the key resource person for the afternoon sessions. The topic of her lecture was "Translation and Indian Literature: Some Reflections". Dr Jeet Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of English (SHLA) gave a warm welcome address which followed proceeding of the session. Dr Garima Gupta maintained that during these times, there is dire need for intracultural and cross-cultural dialogue within and outside India for better communal harmony and peace. In this respect, translation as a discipline has a lot to contribute. She talked to the students about the rich tradition translation since the historical time in India since the Mughal Times when the Sanskrit and Persian Language acted as bridges between Hindus and Muslims. The students participated in the activity wherein they translated texts of different languages and honed their translation skills. It was followed by an illuminating interactive session wherein students asked questions and shared their opinions.
Dr Indu Sharma, Dr Himanshi Vashishat and Ms Kamaljot Kour, faculty Department of English coordinated in the event. Ananya Sharma and Komal from semester 7 of English Department (SHLA) anchored during both the sessions. |
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