CONTENTS

Editorial                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Reports

1. IACLALS-JDMC Annual Conference (Online) 2022, on “Circulations, Mediations, Negotiations: New Perspectives on Translation from South Asia”, March 2-5, 2022
2. IACLALS-AGDC International Seminar (hybrid mode) 2022 on “Angarey and the Progressive Writers’ Movement”, 16th – 17th December, 2022
3. 2-day International Conference on “Literature, Environment and Climate Change” at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab: 7-8 April 2022
4. Language, Law and Literature: Exploring Words and Worlds, at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab: 25th September 2021
5. Online Mini-seminar on Rabindranath Tagore by Children’s Literature Research Centre, 22 May 2022
6. RGNUL, Punjab organises 5-day International Capacity Building Program on Poetry, Pedagogy and Profession: 20-25 August 2022
7. Humans need to be more humane: Time to rethink and reconnect-- 19th International Biennial Symposium on Literature and Culture in the Asia-Pacific region, AMU, Nov. 2022
8. Foundation Lecture Series, 2021-2022, Department of English, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi
9. International Writers Fest, April 2022, JDMC

Creative Writing

1. Poems by Bhaskar Roy Barman   
2. Poems by Sanjukta Dasgupta                                                                              
3. Poems by Sagar Mal Gupta                                                                                 

Translation

1. Short Story: “The English Master” by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay.
   Translated from Bangla by Anurima Chanda
2. Niece Gunjomala (“Bonjhi Gunjomala”) By Jagadish Gupta.
   Translated from Bangla by Subhadeep Ray
3. C. B. Bharti’s Poems.
   Translated from Hindi by Meenakshi Pawha

Book Reviews

1. Things Reborn: Essays on the Renaissance. By Sukanta Chaudhuri.
   Reviewed by Somdatta Mandal
2. Simulkandi in Retorspect: Barman Roys and Roy Barmans at a Glance. By Biresh Barman.
   Reviewed by Bhaskar Roy Barman
3. The Island of Missing Trees. By Elif Shafak.
   Reviewed by Sanjukta Naskar
4. Dalit Lekhika: Women’s Writings from Bengal. Edited by Kalyani Thakur Charal and Sayantan Dasgupta.
   Reviewed by Debashree Dattaray
5. A Memorial Volume in Honour of Two Padma Bhushan Award Winning Professors of English: C.D. Narasimhaiah & Shiv K. Kumar. Edited by Bijay Kumar Das.
   Reviewed by Shyamala A. Narayan
6. Satyajit Ray From Frame to Frame. By Shoma A Chatterjee.
   Reviewed by Sanjukta Dasgupta
7. Sita’s Sisters. By Sanjukta Dasgupta
   Reviewed by Kalyanee Rajan
   
   

New Publications by Members                                                                                                                                                                
Awards / Honours / Achievements                                                       
  1.  Rukmini Bhaya Nair
  2.  M. Asaduddin

IACLALS Discussion Forum- I                                                                              

Tributes / Obituaries

1. Kamla Bhasin (1946-2021) by Anandita Pan                                                        
2. Swapan Kumar Chakravorty (1954 –2021) by Shaifta Ayoub                            
3. Gopi Chand Narang (1931-2022) by Bhaskar Roy Barman                             
4. Sara Suleri Goodyear (1953-2022) by Muneeza Shamsie                                    
5. Aijaz Ahmad (1941–2022) by Dhurjjati Sarma                                                      
6. Sudhakar Marathe (1941-2022) by A. Giridhar Rao                                               
7. Maria Aurora Couto (1937- 2022) by Shradha Kochhar                                       
8. Bala Kothandaraman (1943-2022) by T. Vijay Kumar                                        

 
Membership of IACLALS                                                                                                                                                               

​IACLALS E-Newsletter, Issue No. 10, 2021: iaclals_e-newsletter_issue_10_2021.pdf

𝑮𝒖𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚: 𝑴. 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒃𝒉𝒂
𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒎:
𝑭𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒂 𝑹𝒊𝒛𝒗𝒊
𝑵𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒊 𝑺𝒂𝒉𝒂
𝑲𝒂𝒍𝒚𝒂𝒏𝒆𝒆 𝑹𝒂𝒋𝒂𝒏

CONTENTS
 
Editorial                                                                                                                   
Reports

1. IACLALS Annual Conference 2021, March 17-20, 2021                          
2. Expressions@RGNUL, 29-31 August, 2020                                               
3. International Interdisciplinary Lecture Series, 5th Sept. 2020           
4. Bangalore University International Science Fiction Conference December 7-10, 2020
5. Foundation Lecture Series, JDMC, 2020-2021                                          
6. Swami Vivekananda’s 158th Birth Anniversary Celebrated, 12th Jan 2021
7. 128th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago Speech observed, 19th Sept 2021
8. Women’s Writings in India: Issues and Perspectives- Online Lecture Series, February 12- April 23, 2021
9. IIT Madras launches Indian Network for Memory Studies, 17th June 2021                       

Creative Writing

1. Poems by Subodh Sarkar, Tr. Jaydeep Sarangi                                           
2. Poems by Vineet Maxwell David                                                                 
3. Poems by Bhumika R.                                                                             
4. Short story by Manoranjan Byapari, Tr. Somdatta Mandal                         
5. Excerpt from Kusum Khemani's novel Lavanyadevi, Tr. Banibrata Mahanta
6. Short story by Shayeari Dutta                                                                    

 
Book Reviews

1. Salman Rushdie and the Genesis of Secrecy, Reviewed by Harish Trivedi
   
2. Indian English Literature 2001-2015: A Critical Survey, Reviewed by GJV Prasad
3. The Ramayana: A Stage Play and a Screen Play, Reviewed by Somdatta Mandal
4. Meera Vs Meera: devoted saint-poet or determined queen?, Reviewed by GJV Prasad
5. In the Labyrinth, Reviewed by Shyamala A. Narayan
6. The Untouchable and Other Poems, Reviewed by Shyamala A. Narayan
7. Prose Writings from North East India, Reviewed by Dhurjjati Sarma
8. Women and Education in India: A Representative Study, Reviewed by Ankana Das
9. Ghalib: A Wilderness at My Doorstep, Reviewed by M. Asaduddin

New Publications by Members                                                       
Awards / Honours / Achievements                                                                
IACLALS Distinguished Speaker Series                                                        

Tributes / Obituaries

1. Kapila Vatsyayan                                                                                   
2. Manglesh Dabral                                                                                   
3. Sugatha Kumari                                                                                     
4. Sankha Ghosh                                                                                            
5. Subhadra Sen Gupta                                                                               
6. R.S. Sharma                                                                                                
7. Homen Borgohain                                                                                   
8. Subhendu Mund                                                                                       
9. Lakshmi Nanda Bora                                                                              
10. Siddalingaiah                                                                                           

Memorial Meeting for Subhendu Mund                                                 
Call for Papers: Conferences / Volumes                                                          
Membership of IACLALS                                                                  

IACLALS E-Newsletter, Issue No. 9, 2020:  iaclals_e-newsletter_issue_9-_2020.pdf
Issue guest edited by: Kalyanee Rajan and Subhendu Mund on behalf of IACLALS

Editorial                                                                                                        
Tributes / Obituaries
          Girish Karnad                                                                                     
            G.K. Das                                                                                   
            Jean Arasanayagam                                                                         
            Avadhesh Kumar Singh                                                                   
            Kiran Nagarkar                                                                                
            Nabaneeta Dev Sen                                                                             
            Saras Cowasjee                                                                                 
            Tutun Mukherjee                                                                              
            George Steiner                                                                               
            Edward Kamau Brathwaite                                                            
            Krishna Baldev Vaid                                                                       
            Renate Helga Sarma                                                                     
            H.K. Kaul                                                                                           
            Manabendra Bandopadhyay                                                       

REPORTS                    
                                                                       
1. IACLALS ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2020                                                  
February 5-7, 2020
“Reimagi(ni)ng Identities in the Global South: Challenges, Transgressions and Articulation”

2. Bangalore University Literary Festival                                                 
12-13 June 2019

3. “Gandhi and Literature: Exploring the Ideological Fronts”           
19th August 2019

4. Oceanvale Workshop                                                                                  
Kirori Mal College
25th -29th September, 2019

5. The inaugural IDSC Annual International Conference                   
“Deglobalising Disability: Texts and Contexts”

 6. The Australian Short Story Festival                                                    
18-20 October, 2019

7. Two-Day International Conference on                                                
Kala pani Crossings #2:  Diaspora and Gender across the Indian and Atlantic Oceans”
26th and 27th of February 2020
​
8. One Day Symposium on                                                                           
“Feminism: Popular Culture, Media, Literature & Performance”
5th March, 2020
 
9. Series of webinars by Readers Club International                        

Book Reviews

1. Ship of Sorrows by Qurratulain Hyder                                               
Translated by Saleem Kidwai
~Prof. M. Asaduddin

2. Kali’s Daughter                                                                                          
By Raghav Chandra
~Dr. Simran Chadha

3.  Memoirs of the Woods                                                                                  
By Chandrakanta Murasingh
~Dr. Bhaskar Roy Barman

4. The Silence of the Hyena by Syed Muhammad Ashraf                        
Translated by M. Asaduddin and Musharraf Ali Farooqi
~Dr. Fatima Rizvi

5.  Culture, History and Politics: South Asian Narratives                         
Edited by Jasbir Jain, E. V. Ramakrishnan, Chandra Mohan
~Kalyanee Rajan

Call for Papers: Conferences / Volumes                                                     

New Publications by Members                                                                       

IACLALS Distinguished Speaker Series                                                          

IACLALS E-Newsletter, Issue No. 8, 2019: iaclals_e-newsletter-issue-8-2019.pdf

Issue guest edited by: M Asaduddin on behalf of IACLALS​

IACLALS E-Newsletter, Issue No. 7, 2018: iaclals_e-newsletter_issue_7_2018.pdf

Issue guest edited by: Debaditya Bhattacharya on behalf of IACLALS​

IACLALS E-Newsletter, Issue No. 6, 2017 : iaclals_e-newsletter_issue_6_2017.pdf

Issue guest edited by: Meena T Pillai on behalf of IACLALS​

IACLALS E-Newsletter, Issue No. 5, 2017 : iaclals_issue_5_2017_e-newsletter.pdf

Issue guest edited by: Akshaya Kumar on behalf of IACLALS

IACLALS E-Newsletter, Issue No. 4: ​iaclals_e-newsletter_issue_4_2016.pdf

Compiled by Nilak Datta​ on behalf of IACLALS 

IACLALS Newsletter, Issue No. 3, 2015:      iaclals_e-newsletter_issue_3_2015.pdf

Edited by M Asaduddin on behalf of IACLALS