43rd Conference of IMRF- A session on Literature and Language

Chairman’s report on the  Session on “Literature and Language” of the 43^rd Conference of International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation

----Dr.Debesh Bhowmik

International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation organized 43^rd  conference at the auditorium of Lar De Sta Sterezinha of Carmelite Monastery,Margao,Goa during 3-5 November,2016.

I have the previlege to chair a session on “Literature and Language” where there were five paper presenters . [1]Jaleel Abd Jaleel --Assistant Professor,Alquadissyah Directorate of Education,Iraq presented a paper on "The role of sociolinguistics in shaping the Indian Individual and society". His paper signifies use of language in different approaches in bilingualism and multilingualism in different culture, society, ethnical and religious aspects in determining the languages.[2]Md.Muntashir Raquib –Graduate Teaching Assistant,Department of English,East West University,Bangladesh,has presented a paper titled “ Robertson’s Ruby:Is it only a Popular Fiction?” where he established to find how Ray weaves a narrative of anticolonial resistance into popular detective story from the Sepoy Mutiny in 1857 and Indigo revolution to spot the light the attitude of the colonizers towards the natives. [3]Nasifa Moquit—Lecturer,MAHSA University,Bangladesh—presented a paper on “Code-Switching and Code-Mixing between Bangla and English:Undergraduate Private University Students in an Informal Setting” where she examined the reasons behind different types of code switching and code mixing among students whose attitudes were positive impacts although negative impacts were reasonable which was found by a random sample survey.[4]Taslima Islam—Graduate Teaching Assistant , Department of English,East West University,Bangladesh—has presented a paper entitled “Violence:The Veiled ‘Dark Matter’ in Chronicles of a Death Foretold” where she talked about three types of violence-subjective violence,objective violence and systematic violence.Her paper stated that Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s novella Chronicles of a Death Foretold(1981) explores the hidden root of ‘la Violencia’ in the long civil war initiated in Columbia in 1946.The trauma of this chaos triggered the violence to take place in “personal,individual,and quasi political scale”.Since Latin America has such a brutal and traumatic history of violence,Marquez exposed how the violence imperialism and political division.This research also highlights the silence as form of violence dwelling in the society while Vicario brothers were committing the violence act.[5]Ahmed Jibal Manar of Dhaka ,Bangladesh ,presented a paper on “Sometimes the wrong train can take you to the right destination:Discrimination of society and community of others in the Lunchbox”. He showed on the aspects related with the otherness theory portrayed through some major characters in Ritesh Batra’s film The Lunchbox(2013).The characters deconstruct the established norms to create their own individual identity in the mainstream timeline.The paper concentrates on major characters.The power relation intertwind in the conventional social norms how their lives are interrelated and how they form a new identity through their  shared otherness and how this separate community of others operates  within the mainstream society and finds a space of their own.

Dr.Debesh Bhowmik—Chairman of this  session concluded and suggested about their papers in the following .

[1]Dr.Bhowmik felt that Jaleel’s  research might help linguistic system at home,in nation and in abroad although there are variations.During the era of globalisation ,multilinguistic problem is natural phenomenon where its nature,problem and solution should be known to all even in the members of home.Prof.Jaleel's effort is great importance in this context.Because,linguistic system can lead to close every people in which country they belong.

[2]Md.Raquib’s attempt is praiseworthy since it tries to explore new arena of research from the view point of Ray’s film but it fall short of adequate explanation in the relationship of film’s background story of Sepoy mutiny and indigo revolution toward fiction in the colonial period in India.However,he is credited to new vision.

[3] Nasifa Moquit’s paper is a good research one which claims future scope in various dimensions code switching and code mixing in language.It has great impact in the development of literature.Her survey results in this respect is also praiseworthy.  

[4] Taslima Islam showed how a novel can interpret different types of violence in the society mentioning causes of violence,sensitivity of violence and tried to comment on government policy.She should give more details about governance and the relation between role of governance and power imbalance so that society’s role in context of violence is minimized.

[5] Ahmed Jibal Manar’s paper is a new concept where he mentioned identity crisis above the mainstream society’s characters in the movie.Their new identity is demanded a new space.The author should mention problem areas and its remedies as well.

Dr.Debesh Bhowmik is felicitated with a beautiful memento given by the Chairman of IMRF-Dr.Ratnakar D.Bala along with  a nice certificate.