3-DAY CONFERENCE ON INDIAN LITERATURE

SEPTEMBER 25, 26, & 27, 2003

PROGRAM:

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Thursday, September 25, 2003
7:00 - 11:00 p.m.

 
 

Inauguration by Honorable Prime Mininter of India Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee:
Guest of Honor - Shri Yashwant Sinha, Minister of External Affairs

All India Language Poet's Meet:

Shri Sunil Gangopadhyay Presides

Participating Poets:
Shri Gulzar ; Smt Padma Sachdev ; Dr. Surjit Patar ; Dr. G.V.Subramanyam ; Dr. Narayan Surve ; Sri Dilip Chitre ; Shri Suresh Dalal ; Shri Harprasad Das ; Prof. K.Satchidanandan ; Shri Variarmuthu ; Dr. Moto Prakash ; Dr. A. Jayaprabha ; Dr. Chandrasekhar Kambar ; Shri K.L.Nandan ; Dr. Sitanshu Yasaschandra ; Shri Bashir Badr and Dr. A. M. K. Shahryar.

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Friday, September 26, 2003;
3:00 - 11:00 p.m.

 
3:00-3:30 p.m Tea / Coffee
3:30-5:00 p.m.

Common Session (in English):

Subject : Indian Literature - Unity, Difference and History
Chair : Sri Nirmal Verma
Main Speaker : Shri Kamleshwar

Participants:
Shri N.K.Bhattacharjee ; Dr. Sutinder Singh Noor ; Smt Pratibha Ray ; Prof. K.Satchidanandan ; Shri Raghuveer Chaudhary ; Dr. G.V.Subramanyam ; Dr. R.Balchandran and Shri Manohar Shayam Joshi.
5:00-6:30p.m.

Five Break - Out Sessions:

Subject : Current Trends in Indian Literature
Languages: Bengali, Gujrati, Kannada, Punjabi and Tamil
6:00- 8:00 p.m. DINNER
8:00-11:00 p.m.

Kavi Sammelan:

Dr. Narayan Surve Presides

Participants:
Gujarati, Marathi, Punjabi and Kashmiri / Dogri poets from India and poets in different languages from the USA.
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Saturday, September 27, 2003
9:30 a.m. - 11:00 p.m.
9:30-10 a.m. BREAKFAST
10:00-11:30 a.m.

Common Session (in English):

Subject : Indian Literature - Unity, Difference and History
Chair : Prof. Gopi Chand Narang
Main Speaker : Shri Shashi Tharoor

Participants:
Dr. Moti Prakash ; Dr. Chandrasekhar Kambar ; Shri Suresh Dalal ; Smt Indira Goswami ; Shri M.T.Vasudevan Nair and Dr. A.M.K.Shahryar.Dr. A. M. K. Shahryar.
11:30-1:00 p.m.

Four Break - Out Sessions:

Subject : Current Trends in Indian Literature
Languages: Hindi, Oriya, Sindhi and Telegu
1:00-2:00 p.m. LUNCH
2:00-3:30 p.m.

Writing of Indian Diaspora

Chair : Shri Adil Mansoori
Guest Speaker : Prof. Indra Nath Chaudhuri

Participants:
Smt. Panna Nayak ; Smt. Preeti Sengupta ; Shri Madhusudan Kapadia ; Prof. Sushum Bedi and few others from the USA.

Concluding Remarks: Shri Sunil Gangopadhyay
3:30-5:00 p.m.

Five Break - Out Sessions:

Subject : Current Trends in Indian Literature
Languages: Assamese, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi and Urdu
5:00- 5:30 p.m. TEA / COFFEE
5:30- 7:00 p.m. Authors, scholars and representatives of regional academies in India will present their views on modern Indian literature and their commom characteristics
7:00- 7:30 p.m. Valedictory Remarks : Prof. K.Satchidanandan ; Dr. P. Jayaraman
7:30- 8:30 p.m. DINNER
8:30- 11:00

Kavi Sammelan/ Mushaira
Prof. Gopi Chand Narang will presides

Participants: Hindi ; Urdu ; Punjabi and Kashmiri / Dogri poets
 

NOTE: FINAL PROGRAM IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE, CHANGES WILL BE NOTIFIED