University Grants Commission National Seminar on

The Impact of Haiku on

Indian Literature

You are cordially welcome to participate in the U.G.C. National Seminar on The Impact of Haiku on Indian Literature organised by the Institute of Asian Studies. The aim of the Seminar is to undertake a survey of the influence of Japanese Haiku on Indian literature.

Venue: Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai 119 India

Date: March 29 - 31, 1999

 

29 - Monday - March - 1999

Time: 10.30 to 11.30 a.m

Inauguration

Prayer: R. Jayalakshmi

Welcome Address:

Prof. M.S. Nagarajan, Head, IAS Dept. of Translation

Presidential Address: K. Enoch,

Vice-chancellor, Sri Venkatesvara University, Tirupati.

Inaugural Address S. P. Ilangovan, Secretary

Dept. of Labour & Employment, Govt. of Tamil Nadu, Chennai.

29 - Monday - March - 1999

Session I: 11.45 to 1.00 p.m

Chairman: Noriyasu Kaitoku,

Blue Sea Systems, Chennai - 600 029.

Keynote Address

Origin and Growth of Japanese Haiku

Minoru Hasegawa, Japanese Teacher, I.J.C., Chennai - 600 018.

Session II: 2.00 to 3.30 p.m

Kannada

Chair: V. Gopalakrishna, Head, Dept of Kannada, IAS Chennai

Haiku and Kannada Poetry

S. Diwakar, Editor, American Consulate, Chennai - 600 006.

Haiku in Kannada and Tamil S. Carlos

Prof. of Tamil, Bangalore University

Bangalore.

Session III: 3.45 to 5.15 p.m

Malayalam and Oriya

Chair: S. Carlos

Haiku and Malayalam

A. Mohanakumar, Presidency College, Chennai - 600 005.

Haiku Poems in Malayalam

Madhavan Ayyappath, Velacherry, Chennai - 600 042.

Haiku in Modern Oriya

P.C. Pattanaik Dept. of Modern Indian Languages, University of Delhi

30 Tuesday March 1999

Session IV: 10.00 to 11.00 p.m

Special Lecture

Chair: Minoru Hasegawa

Modern Japanese Haiku Noriyasu Kaitoku

Session V: 11.15 to 1.00 P.M

Tamil

Chair: K. Enoch

Concepts and Techniques of Haiku

Nirmala Suresh, poet and freelance writer Chennai -600 041.

Haiku in Modern Tamil Poetry

Michael Faraday, Prof. , Dept. of Tamil, M.C.C. Chennai.

Session VI: 2.00 to 3.30 p.m

Telugu

Chairman: P. Gopichand, Head, Dept of Telugu, IAS Chennai

The Impact of Haiku on Telugu K. Enoch

Haiku - An Experiment in Telugu Poetry

Katyayani, Dept. of Telugu, Kakatiya University, Warangal.

Haiku and Modern Telugu

Rama Mohan Roy, Prof. of Telugu, J.K.G. College, Guntur.

Session VII: 3.45 to 5.15 p.m

Haiku Reading

Chair: Nirmala Suresh

Mrs. Hasegawa (Japanese)

V. Unnamalai (Tamil)

Madhavan Ayyappath (Malayalam)

N. Sundaram (Hindi)

 

31 - Wednesday - March - 1999

Session VIII: 10.00 to 11.15 p.m

Haiku Miscellany

Chair: Nirmala Suresh

Haiku Demonstration Yuko Fukuroi, IAS Japanese Teacher

Haiku: Its being and becoming V. Ganesan, IAS Dept. of Translation

Haiku in English M.S. Nagarajan, Head, IAS Dept. of Translation

Session IX: 11.30 to 1.00 p.m

Hindi, Arabic, Urdu and Kashmiri

Chair: D.D. Jadeja, Former Vice-chancellor, Sardar Patel University, Gujarat

Haiku and Hindi N. Sundaram

Former Prof. of Hindi, Presidency College, Chennai - 005.

Haiku in Arabic and Urdu

P. Nisar Ahmed, Prof. & Head, Dept. of Arabic, University of Madras, Chennai - 005.

Haiku and Kashmiri

Motilal Saqi, Jammu.

Session X: 2.00 to 3.30 p.m

Bengali, Punjabi and Gujarathi

Chair: M.S. Nagarajan

Bengali Haiku

Jyotrimay Biswas, Consultant, Sankara Netralaya, Chennai - 006.

Haiku and Punjabi

Rajender Singh, Anna Nagar, Chennai - 102.

Haiku in Gujarathi

D.D. Jadeja

31 - Wednesday - March - 1999

Time: 3.45 to 4.30 p.m

Valedictory

Presidential Address: Mu. Metha

Prof. of Tamil, Presidency College, Chennai - 005.

Valedictory Address: Indira Parthasarathy

Writer, Chennai.

Participants' Response :

Distribution of Certificates :

Vote of ThanksV. Ganesan

Institute of Asian Studies

Chemmancherry, Sholinganallur P.O.

Chennai - 600 119 India

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See also the IAS Dept of Japanese home page.