Chairman’s report on the Session on “Literature and Language” of the 43rd
Conference of International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation
----Dr.Debesh Bhowmik
International
Multidisciplinary Research Foundation organized 43rd 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.
