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CL, SLL&CS organize the screening of a documentary film ‘Dreaming of Words’ and a panel discussion

CL, SLL&CS organize the screening of a documentary film ‘Dreaming of Words’ and a panel discussion

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To commemorate International Mother Language Day on 21st February, 2022 (2:30pm-6pm-IST), The Centre for Linguistics, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi will organize the screening of a documentary film ‘Dreaming of Words’ by Nandan and also a panel discussion on the film and the views of the panelists on making a multilingual dictionary, its pros and cons, tools and software, organizing lexical collections, database management, and lexicology/lexicography. 

 

The documentary film is about Njattyela Sreedharan, a fourth standard drop-out, who compiled a dictionary connecting four major Dravidian languages. Travelling across four states and doing extensive research, he spent twenty five years making the multilingual dictionary. This unique dictionary offers a comparative study of Malayalam, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu. 'Dreaming of Words' traces Sreedharan's life, work, love for languages and the journey of struggle to get the dictionary published. The film also explores the linguistic and cultural diversity in India.


'Dreaming of Words' had its world premiere at the International Mother Language Day Celebrations 2021 organized by the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts and the Ministry of Education (India) in partnership with UNESCO. It was an official selection at the DC South Asian Film Festival, RapidLion Film Festival and Micheaux Film Festival. It won the Kerala State Television Award for Best Educational Documentary. It was screened at the annual convention of the Modern Language Association and the annual conference of the Linguistic Society of America in January 2022.

The panelists are

o   Prof. Umarani Pappuswamy, Deputy Director, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, Bengaluru, India.  

o   Dr. Alexander R. Coupe. Associate Professor of Linguistics, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 

o   Nandan, Film maker, “Dreaming of Words’’ 

o   Chair: Prof. Pradeep Kumar Das, Centre for Linguistics, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067. 

Coordinator and moderator: 

Dr. Hari Madhab Ray, Centre for Linguistics, Centre for Linguistics, SLL&CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067.

Programme schedule: 

·      Introduction                            2:30 pm-2:40 pm

·      Film screening                        2:40 pm-3:40 pm

·      Panel Discussion                    3:45pm-5.15 pm

·      Students Activity                     5.15 pm -5:50 pm

·      Vote of Thanks                       5:50 pm-6.00 pm        

Google Meet link: 

https://meet.google.com/tnx-zbsb-ocb

 

Panel Discussion


Samar Sinha

 

Papia

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.