Imaging the Differently Abled: Reading and Translating the Indian Short Story National Conference Organized by The Centre of Advanced Study, Department of English Jadavpur University 18-20 January 2017 Day 1: 18th January, 2017 Venue: H.L. Roy Auditorium, Institute of Chemical Engineers, Jadavpur University TIME PAPERS 9.00 A.M.—10.00 A.M. Registration 10.00 A.M.—10.30 A.M. Inaugural Session Welcome Address by Professor Nilanjana Gupta, Co-ordinator, Centre of Advanced Study, Department of English, Jadavpur University Introduction by Professor Abhijit Gupta, Head of the Department of English, Jadavpur University 10.30 A.M. – 11.30 A.M. Key Note address by Professor GJV Prasad, Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University: ‗Disabling the Other: Othering the Disabled‘ 11.30 A.M.—11.45 A.M. Tea Break 11.45 A.M.—1.00 P.M. Session 1: Chair: Paper 1: Dr. Abhishek Sarkar, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Jadavpur University: ‗Disability and Sexual Desire in the Short Stories of Jyotirindra Nandi‘ Paper 2: Ishan Chakraborty, PhD Scholar, Department of English, Jadavpur University: ‗(Dis)abling Ableism: A Study of the Politics of Resistance and Conformity in Manjil Sen‘s ―Dhar‖‘ Paper 3: Somrita Ganguly, PhD Scholar, Centre for English Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University: ‗Desire, Disability and Political Correctness: Translating and Reading Shailesh Matiyani‘s ―Do Dukhon Ka Ek Sukh‖‘ 1.00 P.M.—1.30 P.M. Lunch Break 1.30 P.M.—2.15 P.M. Session 2: Chair: Plenary Paper: Professor Margaret Pachuau, Department of English, Mizoram University: ‗Eluding Disability within the Domains of Mizo Folklore‘ 2.15 P.M.—3.30 P.M. Session 3: Chair: Paper 1: Professor Amit Bhattacharya, Department of English, University of Gour Banga, Malda: TBA Paper 2: Dr. Bubai Bag, Former PhD Research Scholar, Department of History, Jadavpur University: ‗Contextualizing Disabilities in Bengali Literature: Changing Perceptions‘ Paper 3: Debanjan Maitra, MPhil Scholar, Department of English, Jadavpur University: ‗The Disabled ―Cripple‖: Torture, Coercion, Correction or a Victory Sign of the Democratic Establishment over Social Evils?‘ 3.30 P.M.—3.40 P.M. Coffee Break 3.40 P.M.—4.45 P.M. Session 4: Chair: Paper 1: Sanjukta Naskar, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Janaki Devi College, New Delhi: ‗Childhood and Disability: Cultural Representation in Children‘s Literature‘ Paper 2: Amrita DasGupta, MPhil Scholar, School of Women‘s Studies, Jadavpur University: ‗The Disabled Gods and Goddesses of Puri: Disability and Religion Redefined‘ Paper 3: Arnab Mandal and Rajarshi Roy, PG1, Department of English, Jadavpur University: ‗Blindness in Detective Fiction‘ Day 2: 19th January, 2017 Venue: H.L. Roy Auditorium, Institute of Chemical Engineers, Jadavpur University TIME PAPERS 10.30 A.M.—11.15 A.M. Session 1: Chair: Plenary Paper: Professor M. Asaduddin, Department of English, Jamia Millia University: ‗Notions of Disability in Indian Languages and Some Questions on Translation and Bilingualism‘ 11.15 A.M.—11.25 A.M. Tea Break 11.25 A.M.—1.00 P.M. Session 2: Chair: Paper 1: Shraddhanjali Tamang, Assistant Professor, Department of Film Studies, Jadavpur University: ‗Gender and Disability in Indian Nepali Short Stories‘ Paper 2: Rimjhim Bhattacharjee, Independent Scholar: ‗―I am the Witch‖: Translating Jyotirmoyee Devi‘s ―Daini‖‘ Paper 3: Reema K, MPhil Scholar, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Hyderabad: ‗Contours of Madness: Reading the Representation of Madness in Malayalam Short Stories‘ Paper 4: Sudipta Chakraborty, MPhil Scholar, Department of English, Jadavpur University: ‗Able/Disable: The Difficulty of Mapping the Praxis of Disability in the Stories of Manik Bandopadhyaya‘ 1.00 P.M.—1.30 P.M. Lunch 1.30 P.M.—2.15 P.M. Session 3: Chair: Plenary Paper: Dr. Someshwar Sati, Associate Professor, Kirori Mal College, Delhi University: ‗Melodramas of Normalcy: Conceptualizing Disability in the Indian Short Story‘ 2.15 P.M.—3.35 P.M. Session 4: Chair: Paper 1: Dr. Subhadeep Ray, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Bidhan Chandra College, Asansol: ‗The Trauma of Voice: Re-reading and Translating Banaphool‘s ―The Dumb‖‘ Paper 2: Jyotirmoy Talukdar, MPhil Scholar, Department of English, Delhi University: ‗He has his Winter too of pale misfeature: Old Age and/as Disability in Assamese Fiction‘ Paper 3: Rishav Paul, PGII, Department of English, Jadavpur University: ‗The Axis of the Physically Challenged: Role of the Mother in Bhism Sahni‘s Chief ki Dawat‘ Paper 4: Sampreeti Sen, PG1, Department of English, Jadavpur University: ‗The ―Haunting‖ Disabled Body: Analyzing a Recurrent Motif‘ 3.35 P.M.—3.45 P.M. Coffee Break 3.45 P.M.—5.00 P.M. Session 5: Moderator: Professor Jayati Gupta, Former Head, Department of English, West Bengal State University (WBSU), Tagore National Fellow for Cultural Research at Ministry of Culture, Government of India Panel Discussion I: Speakers: Jeeja Ghosh, Head, Advocacy & Disability Studies, Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy, Kolkata Dr. Nandini Ghosh, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Institute of Development Studies (IDSK), Kolkata Manojit Mandal, Assistant Professor, Department of English and Joint Co-ordinator of Centre for Studies and Rehabilitation of Differently Abled Persons, Jadavpur University Professor Vanashree, Department of English, Banaras Hindu University Day 3: 20th January, 2017 Venue: Gandhi Bhavan, Jadavpur University TIME PAPERS 10.30 A.M.—11.15 A.M. Session 1: Chair: Plenary Paper: Professor Asha Hans, Former Professor, Utkal University and EVP, Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre, Bhubaneswar: ‗Women with Disabilities in India: A Socio-legal Perspective‘ 11.15 A.M.—11.25 A.M. Tea Break 11.25 A.M.—12.10 P.M. Session 2: Chair: Plenary Paper: Professor Vanashree, Department of English, Banaras Hindu University: ‗Horror of the Comic: Dharamvir Bharati‘s ―Gulki Banno‖ (Gulki the Bride)‘ 12.10 P.M.—1.40 P.M. Session 3: Chair: Paper 1: Professor Sharmila Majumdar, Department of English, Kalyani University: ‗No Man‘s Land it is‘ Paper 2: Rituparna Das, MPhil Scholar, Department of English, Jadavpur University: ‗The Disabled Normalcy: Tale of the Dispossessed in Mahasweta Devi‘s ―Shishu‖‘ Paper 3: Medhashri Mahanty, UG3, Department of English, Jadavpur University: ‗Illness as a Metaphor‘: Reading love as a disability in Manik Bandyopadhaya‘s short stories‘ Paper 4: Meghmala Bhattacharya, UG3, Department of English, Jadavpur University: ‗Translation as Disabled Capacity: Transferring vehemence of disablement in four Bengali short stories‘ 1.40 P.M.—2.10 P.M. Lunch Break 2.10 P.M.—3.25 P.M. Session 4: Moderator: Professor Asha Hans, Former Professor, Utkal University and EVP, Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre, Bhubaneswar Panel Discussion II: Speakers: Swati Chakraborty, Head, Department of Information Technology, Indian Institute of Cerebral Palsy (IICP) Professor Amit Bhattacharya, Department of English, University of Gour Banga, Malda Swati Bhattacharjee, Journalist, Ananda Bazar Patrika (ABP) Shampa Sengupta, Executive Committee Member, National Platform for Rights of Disabled (NPRD) 3.25 P.M.—3.35 P.M. Coffee Break 3.35 P.M.—4.35 P.M. Session 5: Performance by: C.P. Shihabudheen, University of Calicut I am Jeeja: Film Screening by Swati Chakraborty 4.35 P.M.—5.00 P.M. Valedictory .