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Kannada Language Chair, CIL/SLL&CS organizes book release function of Beyond Life

Kannada Language Chair, CIL/SLL&CS organizes book release function of Beyond Life

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Saturday, 27 July 2019

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Saturday, 27 July 2019

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Kannada Language Chair, CIL/SLL&CS organizes book release function of Beyond Life

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Kannada Language Chair

Centre of Indian Languages, SLL&CS

Cordially invite you to the book release function of

Beyond Life

(Originally in Kannada by Dr. K Shivarama Karanth, translated to English by Prof. Pramod Muthalik)

Smt. KM Janaki

Director, Kannada and Culture Directorate,

Government of Karnataka

Chief Guests:

Prof. HS Raghavendra Rao, eminent critic, Bangalore

Prof. Pramod Muthalik, Noted translator, Bangalore

Date: 27th July 2019

Venue: Room No 131, SL-II, JNU, From 4.30 PM to 7.30 PM

All are invited

Purushottama Bilimale

Professor of Kannada, CIL/SLL&CS

Published in 1960, K Shivaram Karanth’s “Alide Mele” (Beyond life in English translation) is a classic in the realms of Kannada fiction. Highly acclaimed by the critics, “Alida Mele” has been a favourite of the readers belonging to all the age groups. This novel is a unique one in its form and content. The narrator in the novel makes a sincere attempt to search what remains in one’s life after one die.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.