Mirza Ghalib
Inaugural Session
10:00 – 11:00
Lecture Room No.3, 4th Floor Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9, Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata
Opening Song:
Recitation from the Gitanjali in Persian and Bengali
By Nahid Morshedlou and Ahmed Hussain Barbhuiya
Welcome Address:
Dr Satyabrata Chakrabarti
General Secretary, The Asiatic Society
Inaugural Address:
Shri Sitaram Sharma
Former Chairman, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata
Introducing the theme of Conference:
Dr Syed Akhtar Husain
President, IIPS
Address by the Guest of Honour:
Shri Pankaj Rag
IAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India
Key-note Address:
Professor Ahmad Karimi Hakkak
Professor of Persian Language, Literature and Culture,
University of Maryland, USA
Presidential Address:
Professor Isha Mahammad
President, The Asiatic Society
Vote of Thanks:
Dr. Sujit Kumar Das
Treasurer, The Asiatic Society
Tea- 11:00 – 11:30
Academic Sessions
11:30 – 13:00
Lecture Room No. 3. 4th Floor Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, 9, Ho Chi Minh Sarani, Kolkata
1st Academic Session 11:30 – 13:00
Chair : Dr S. Taqi Abedi & Dr M. Firoze
Pardis Minuchehr, George Washington University, USA
The Persian Poetics of Creation in India: Mirza Ghalib’s Irfan
Abhay Kumar Singh, MJP Rohilkhand University, India
Ghalib’s Legacy: Tufta and Farogh
Pinky Isha, Calcutta Girls’ College, India
Ghalib’s Ghazals and their inter-textuality and transformations within the Persian Poetic Tradition: An overview
Nahid Morshedlou, Ministry of Education, Iran
Mirza Ghalib and his interaction with Allama Iqbal
Arshadul Quadri, Lucknow University, India
Exploring Poetic Elements in the Persian Letters of Ghalib
Lunch- 13:00 – 14:30
2nd Academic Session
15:00 – 17:00
Chair : Prof. Ahmad Karimi Hakkak & Dr. Kingshuk Chatterjee
S. Taqi Abedi, Eminent Scholar, Canada
Ghalib: The Pioneer of Modernity in the Indo Persian Literature
Uttara Chakraborty, Presidency University, India
Ghalib in Calcutta
Mahmood Alam, English and Foreign Language University, India
Mirza Ghalib: A Poet of Intellect
Parminder S. Bhogal, Punjab University, India
Knowing Mirza Ghalib & his times through his Dastanbu
Mandana Mangali, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Defamiliarization in the Poetry of Ghalib of Delhi
3rd Academic Session
Thursday 5th January 2017
10:00 – 11:00
Chair: Dr Tanvir Ahmad, Dr Matthew Miller & Dr Jahan Ara
Venue: Vidyasagar Hall The Asiatic Society 1, Park Street, Kolkata
Muzaffar Alam, English and Foreign Language University, India
Reception of Ghalib in the Contemporary Arab world
Shafaq Matloob, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Cheragh-i-Dair: A Universal Message of Ghalib
Sameeuddin, MJP Rohilkhand University, India
Impact of Hafiz on Mirza Ghalib
Priyanka Bhattacharyya, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Mirza Ghalib As Represented in Indian Popular Culture
Abid Hossain, Calcutta Madrasah, India
Influence of Mirza Ghalib on Syed Raza Ali Wahshat Kalkatvi
Tea- 11:00 – 11:30
4 Academic Session
11:30 – 13:00
Chair: Prof. Khwaja Ekramuddin, Dr. GholamSarwar, Professor Isharat Ali Molla & Professor Chander Shekhar
Nadeem Akhtar, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Common Elements in Ghalib and Hedayat
Golam Moinuddin, Hyderabad Central University, India
Symbiotic relation of Ghalib and Iqbal
Md Abul Kalam Sarker, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ghalib Studies in Bangladesh
Syed Md Iqbal Shah Alquadri, Maulana Azad Govt. College, India
Concept of Sufism in the poetry of Ghalib
Ahmed Hussain Barbhuiya, & Rezwanul Hoque Khan, S.S College, Hailakandi, India
Ghalib and Hazin with Reference to Sabk e Hindi
Lunch– 13:00 – 14:30
5th Academic Session
15:00 – 16:00
Chair- Dr Arshadul Quadri, Dr Mansoor Alam & Dr Pardis Minuchehr
Syed Akhtar Husain, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Writing Must Not Be Less Than Speaking – Thus Spake Ghalib
Kingshuk Chatterjee, Calcutta University, India
Aakhir Is Dard Ki Dawa Kya Hai?Mirza Ghalib and his Dilli after 1857
Md. Attaullah, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Social themes in the Persian poetry of Mirza Ghalib
Dipanwita Donde, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Muraqqa e Chugtai: An illustrated Manuscript of the Diwani e Ghalib
Swananda Pathak, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, India
Sufi motifs in the works and life of Ghalib
Asieh Zabihnia Emran, University of Pyam-e-Nur, Iran
An Analysis of the Similarity between the Baroque School and the Ghazals of Mirza Ghalib
Valedictory
16:00 – 17:00
Venue:
Vidyasagar Hall The Asiatic Society 1, Park Street, Kolkata
Chief Guest :
Ms. Kamna Prasad, Founder: Jashn e Bahar Trust, New Delhi
Remarks of participants:
Abul Kalam Sarkar, Gholam Sarwar, Pardis Minuchehr, Pinky Isha, Ahmad Karimi Hakkak
Chair:
Professor Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty, Vice President, The Asiatic Society
Vote of thanks:
Dr Mahmood Alam, General Secretary, IIPS