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Prof. Panikkar also presented a gist of Chatterji’s theory on the existence of Dravidians in India contributions to the academic field and also his in the early ages. Dr. S. Abdul Samed

intense efforts for the development of the presented S.K. Chatterji’s Views on Dravidian languages of India. Prof. V. Karthikeyan Nair and Dravidian Languages . He cited numerous evidences on the antiquity put forward by (Director, The State Institute of Languages, Government of Kerala) inaugurated the seminar. SKC regarding Dravidian and Dravidian In his inaugural speech, he emphasized the languages. The first session consisted of

significance of strength in unity. He shared the three papers and concluded at 1.15 p.m. history of the epoch-making event, the national- The second session started at 2 p.m.

day celebration for mother tongue in 1952 by with an online paper presentation by Dhaka University students. He appreciated the Dr. Kakali Mukherjee. Her paper titled thought of ‘undivided ’ in literature, art Highlights of in the Line of and culture. Suniti Kumar Chatterji explained the intellectual acumen he had, his early days, Prof. Nair strongly argued that, ‘culture is embedded in language’. For him, all knowledge the contributions he gave to Bengali language, literature and linguistics that is kept in language. He highlighted the power of changed the identity of Bengal and our language as a tool to enslave and liberate people. nation in front of the whole world. The The beauty of language is expressed through presentation was followed by another online literature and analyzed by linguists. The paper An Analysis of a significance of the works of Suniti Kumar written by Suniti Kumar Chatterji presented Chatterji is definitely ‘immortal’. Dr. S. Abdul by Mr. Sourav Chakraborty. He emphasized Samed (Treasurer, ISDL) proposed the vote of the perspectives of SKC on Bengali grammar thanks. and the significance of the study is still alive. The seminar was enriched by the Dr. Varija N. presented a paper on Analysis of

participants and presentations of papers from the Concept Dravidian by Prof. Suniti Kumar eminent scholars. There were ten papers on various TheChatterji second and phase Sediyapu of Krishna Bhatta . She the Orientation Course aspects of the contributions of Suniti Kumar gave an informative lecture on the concept for language teachers Chatterji (SKC) in the field of language, literature ‘Dravidian’. The paper commented on the was held on 7 th and and linguistics. The first academic session began views of the derivation of the word 8th February 2019 at at 11.45 a.m. Prof. P. Visalakshy presented a V.I.‘Dravidian’ Subramoniam by Suniti Kumar Chatterji and paper on The Influence of Srīk akar āmta on MemorialSediyapu ISDL Krishna Complex, Bhatta.

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Mr. Akash Bhagat presented a paper on A Study of cognition of the student that his own father, who Suniti Kumar Chatterji on First Bengali Grammar . toils in the mud, may have something to “teach” that is as respectable and meaningful as the He attempted to figure out the major findings by stories that his accredited, “B.Ed.”-qualified SKC in his book. The final paper of this session teacher narrates in the class. The Policy write-up named Prof. Suniti Kumar Chatterji and the does not indicate that the litmus paper that the student uses in the school laboratory can be used History of was presented by to test some quality of the water that irrigates the Mr. Arup Pandit. He gave an outline of Bengali fields her father tills, and the produce from which she and her family eats. literature since the period of SKC. In the afternoon Suggestion : After the paragraph: “The above- session, seven papers were presented. Each paper described stages… be required”, add: was followed by lively discussions. This one-day “All institutions and educational grades envisaged seminar concluded with a valedictory session in in this Policy are part and parcel of the communities which Prof. M. Rama (Former Director, ISDL) whose children attend them, and in whose presided. jurisdiction the institution is located. At each stage in the cognitive development of the children, the link Aiswaria G. Shajan with the life-as-lived and the activities-as-practised by the communities of which they are members will DRAFT NATIONAL EDUCATION be brought to focus by relating them to the POLICY 2020 – COMMENTS curriculum and the experiential learning modules.

(Continued from the last issue) The children will be brought up to appreciate and value the knowledge-base of the local farmers and 5. Curriculum & Pedagogy : The Policy envisages artisans, who will be honoured as preceptors in a partial summation of institutional education at extra-curricular activities wherever possible. The Grade 10, and diversion to vocational and “any link between the school and the community is and other courses” available. This implies that by that should remain close. Teachers should be trained to grade, all students must have gained the integrate the knowledge base of the local confidence and ability to “stand on their own feet”; community with the curriculum and pedagogy”. and to be less dependent on parental spoon- [Note: The inclusion of a paragraph as suggested will feeding that they seem to be at present. increase the relevance of the paragraphs that follow,

viz., those headed: “Holistic Development of Learners”, As envisaged, the school system will be “Reduce curriculum content to enhance essential institutionalized and virtually secluded from stage learning and critical thinking”, “Experiential Learning”, 1 (age 3-8) onwards. It rightly emphasized change & “Empower students through flexibility of course in the curriculum to activity based and experiential choices”.] modes. However, the intention seems to be to [To be continued] retain it as an “ivory tower”, without reference to or participation with the community of which it (the T. Madhava Menon (IAS Retd.) school) is a component. It is “experiential” only Former Vice-Chancellor, Kerala Agricultural University within the confines of its own “academic” REPORT ON THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE requirements; and does not have constant THREE-DAY INTERNATIONAL WEBINAR ON reference to and feedback from the situation in which the community of which it is a part lives and 5Ts - TRANSLATION THEORY, TOOLS, TECHNIQUES AND TACTICS has its being. Even though, for example, the children walk between paddy fields every day to The three-day international webinar on 5Ts - school, the curriculum does not envisage the Translation Theory, Tools, Techniques and Tactics rousing of the “academic” curiosity of the child in was conducted by the Department of Linguistics, the why and what of agriculture as practiced by his own elders. It does not seek to inculcate in the University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India child the conviction that the features of agriculture in association with the Department of Translation, as practiced, and as lived, can be the subject of Faculty of Languages, University of Sana, Yemen, and study in the classroom. It does not reveal to the the School of Language and Literature, Farook College, cognition of the student that his own father, Calicut, Kerala , India . The webinar held on Zoom COLLECTED PAPERS ON TAMIL , Naduvattom Gopalakrishnan (Ed.), 2019, PB, Demy 1/8, pp. x + 374. Rs. 400/- (US$ 40/-). TRIBUTES OF LOVE AND AFFECTION: REMINISCENCES OF PR OF. V.I. SUBRAMONIAM , Naduvattom Gopalakrishnan, T.P. Sankarankutty Nair & C.S. Hariharan (Eds.), 2019, PB, Demy 1/8, pp. vi + 212, Rs. 300/- (US$ 30/-). THE RIDDLE THAT IS TAMIL , R. Kothandaraman (Ed.), 2019, PB, Demy 1/8, pp. iiv + 480, Rs. 750/- (US$ 75/-).

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Calicut, Kerala , India . The webinar held on Zoom Review. A LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL STUDY

platform from 23 to 25 November 2020 brought together OF MALAYALAM AND TAMIL. Naduvattom nearly thousands of like-minded students, researchers and Gopalakrishnan. 2018. Thiruvananthapuram: stalwarts in the field of linguistics and translation who International School of Dravidian Linguistics. hail from different continents across the globe. Pp. 183.

(Continued from the last issue) “There have been a lot of efforts in translations across the globe which stood the test of time. Translations are inevitable and thus the webinar has great relevance”. Chapter 11: Sanskrit Impact on Malayalam Prof. (Dr.) P.P. Ajayakumar, Pro-Vice Chancellor, In Malayalam, the early literary works which University of Kerala drove home the crux of the webinar have ample use of Tatbhava and Sanskrit in his inaugural speech. Prof. S.A. Shanavas, Head, th words date back to 9 century C.E. In , Department of Linguistics, University of Kerala presided   has two dialects,  and over the inaugural function. He pointed out how the  . This classification was made on the population differentiated in race, ethnicity, languages etc., basis of the amount of Sanskrit words used. From and how translations become the unifying force. Dr. S. it is clear that   was immensely Prema, Webinar coordinator and Asst. Professor, rich in Sanskrit words. The paper further analyses the presented the theme of the webinar by reiterating the literary works of pre era and post importance of translation as human transcendence to era to give a vivid view of the influence of overcome the limitations of differences in language. Sanskrit on Malayalam. Moreover, the paper provides Prof. Abdel Rahman A. Abdarabou, Professor, University a list of Tatsama and Tadbhava words and their of Sana’a, Yemen, Prof. Al Qasem Muhammad Abbas, adaptations in Malayalam with the rules of Rector, University of Sana’a and Dr. K.M. Naseer, Tatbhavaisation. Principal, Farook College, Kozhikode, India adorned the positions of Chief Guest, Special Guest and Guest of Chapter 12: Kannada and Tuļu elements in Honour respectively. In his Keynote address, Prof. Hasan Malayalam

Said Ghazala, Professor of Translation and Stylistics, The paper states that whenever we consider Umm Al Qura University, Makkah al Mukarramah, the evolution of Malayalam from a proto form, we Saudi Arabia stroke the right note by distinguishing the often take into account the influence of Tamil but two terms theorization and theoricization and called for hardly mention the influences of Kannada and Tulu. purifying practice-based translation theories of baseless Here the paper seeks to trace elements of Kannada and contradictory theoricized contentions and fallacies. and Tulu in Malayalam. There are several “The intended audience will decide whether the text will phonological and lexical parallelisms existing in all the function in the intended way”. Prof. Christin Nord, the renowned Translation theorist and practitioner in three languages. For instance, in spoken Malayalam, word initial [i]>[e], [u]>[o]. These changes are quite Germany, pronounced the theoretical underpinnings on translation in her special address. Dr. Sajitha M.A., the common, therefore, often ‘ila’ becomes ‘ela’ and ‘vila’ becomes ‘vela’ but in written form, the modern webinar coordinator and chairperson, School of Languages and Head, Department of English, Farook Malayalam retains the Tamil form ‘ila’ and ‘vila’ but it College, Calicut, India and translation theorist is interesting to note that in Kannada and Tulu they Dr. Muhammad Al Aqeeli, webinar coordinator and are pronounced as ‘ela’ and ‘vela’ which is similar to Asst. Professor and Head, Department of Translation, that of Malayalam. Lexical, phonological and Faculty of Languages, University of Sana’a, Yemen, morphological parallelisms in Kannada, Tulu and Malayalam suggest the intermingling of an immigrant gave felicitations in the inaugural ceremony. Mr. Eassa Ali Muhammad Ali, Webinar Organizing Secretary and group during the formative period of these languages. Research Scholar, Department of Linguistics, University As a result, certain linguistic features become of Kerala, India welcomed the gathering while Dr. Ubaid common for all the three languages. V.P.C., another Organizing Secretary and Asst. Professor Chapter 13: Maņipravāļa in Major Dravidian of English, Farook College, India proposed the vote of Languages thanks.

[To be continued] The paper describes the journey of

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Website: www.ijdl.org DLA News Vol. 44 December 2020 E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected] again from a creole to a literary genre. The basis of Tōṛṛ am sung for by Peruva ṇṇ ān and Maņipravāļa in Malayalam is   mixed Perumalayan communities of North Malabar. with Sanskrit. The standardized form of Malayalam is , one of the earliest poetic works, is an example of such tune. Moreover, genre had a used in literature since it was meant for the upper classes such as the Brahmins, K ṣatriyas major role in spreading Bhakti movement in Kerala and Ambalavāsis. The flow of Arya Brahmins from though some scholars believed that can be North India to Kerala started even before the 1 st regarded as a means to achieve freedom from century C.E. The Brahmins brought with them their Sanskrit since the language of Krishna Gātha is free languages i.e., Sanskrit and Prakrit. In order to from most of the archaic and relic forms attested in . lost its grandeur after Krishna communicate, a ‘miśrabhā ṣa’ was developed which Gātha, and one of the major reasons for such is a blending of Sanskrit and Malayalam. Later on, decadence is the limited use of Sanskrit words. this ‘miśrabhā ṣa’ gave rise to a literary style called Furthermore, the style of Mañjari meter was quite . Specimens of are inadequate in representing aesthetic sentiments like available in the works of Tōlan, a court poet of King “v īram”, “raudram” etc. Kulaśēkhara in the 9 th century C.E. Again, in Chapter 15: Hermann Gundert’s MalayalamMalayalam----EnglishEnglish (1385), we get some phonological and Dictionary morphological features of Malayalam along with a detailed description of . There are nine The name Gundert is immortal in the history types of in Malayalam. It is only in of Malayalam language through his Malayalam Malayalam that is developed as a Grammar and Malayalam-English Dictionary. The literary genre in both prose and poetry. It is a present paper mainly focuses on Gundert’s method medium of composing epics, puranas and of data collection, salient features and also the limitations of Gundert’s dictionary. Benjamin Baily Mahakavyas. The Kashmiri scholar Abhinavagupta published his nn in 1846 also attested the existence of in but there were certain shortcomings which Dakshinapatham in his Abhinava Bharati. The Jains compelled Gundert to publish his dictionary of Tami akam also encouraged style by incorporating new ideas emerged in the then using it in their commentaries and hymns. According lexicography. Not only that Gundert did extensive to Vīrācō iyam, is a poetic style fieldwork, he collected data from each social group formed as a result of the blending of Sanskrit with and caste. Another source of his data was the Tamil. Though there are instances of Malayalam works of different periods including style in the writings of Tamil, Telugu and Kannada . The salient features of Gundert’s scholars, its usages are not as extensive as seen in n n as described in this Malayalam. paper are as follows:

Chapter 14: Gātha genre in Malayalam i. Gundert’s nn is the first dictionary in any Indian language that has deviated This paper gives a vivid description of from the model laid by Sanskrit lexicography. genre of Malayalam Literature. Gatha is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘song’. In Malayalam literature, the ii. Gundert’s n n includes word Gatha denotes a poetic genre which refers to explanations for each and every root, stem Krishna Gātha where the Mañjari meter is used for derivations, description of head word. Such an versification. Mañjari is a meter having a couplet as a attempt is the first of its kind in the history of Indian lexicography. unit and is not divided into quatrains. Each line of the couplet consists of 4 feet, in which one is tri-syllabic iii. The paragraph writing system as proposed by with five -s. All the syllables are usually Gundert through his n n pronounced as long. The paper also claims that the stands as a unique feature. tunes that are designated as were familiar to iv. Gundert’s n n also the Malayalees even before the composition of incorporates idioms, dialectal variations, Krishna Gātha. Such tunes were heard before in explanations for historical names, loan words etc. Tō am sung for by Peruva ān and EUROPEAN IMPACT ON MODERN TAMIL WRITING AND LITERAT URE , Somalay, 2019 (Reprint), PB, Crown 1/4, pp. 88, Rs. 185/- (US$ 18/-). FOREIGN MODELS IN TAMIL GRAMMAR , T.P. Meenakshisundaran, 2019 (Reprint), PB, Demy 1/8, pp. 8 +330+iv, Rs. 320/- (US$ 32/-). SYNTACTIC AND SEMANTIC ROLES IN BANGLA AND MALAYALAM , Dhrubajyoti Das, 2019, PB, Demy 1/8, pp. xviii + 250, Rs. 300/- (US$ 30/-). DRAVIDIAN , Suniti Kumar Chatterji, 2019 (Reprint), PB, Demy 1/8, Pp. 6 + 84, Rs. 150/- (US$ 15/-). 5

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