The first Bhashavaad: National Translation Conference is being organised by the Centre in partnership with The New India Foundation on the 23rd and 24th of August at the India International Centre, New Delhi.
Bhashavaad is an attempt to listen to what’s left over, as opposed to what’s lost, in translation. As such, ‘vaad’ is also to speak, stemming from ‘vaach’ in Sanskrit. Bhashavaad, therefore, shares not a concern about ‘isms’ but instead about the active ‘ings’ taking place in the wider Indian literary sphere, of which English, too, is a part. This conference is as much about making Indian languages speak to each other as it is about reading them and listening to them.
BHASHAVAAD: NATIONAL TRANSLATION CONFERENCE
Presented in partnership with The New India Foundation
Kamaladevi Complex, India International Centre, New Delhi
August 23rd-24th, 2024
To Register: bit.ly/bhashavaad
For Queries: translation@ashoka.edu.in
PROGRAMME
Friday, 23rd August | Multipurpose Hall
5:30 pm – 5:45 pm
Opening Remarks
5:45 pm – 6:30 pm
Keynote Address
Touching the Untouched: Language and Translation
Sundar Sarukkai
6:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Resource Launch
In Quest of Indian Translations: A Search Engine
Arunava Sinha
7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
Book Launch
Kabir: Walking with the Word
Kamalakar Bhat, Anisur Rahman, Vidya Shah, and Vighnesh Hampapura
in conversation with Sanchit Toor
Saturday, 24th August | Seminar Halls 1, 2 & 3
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Tarjuma-e-Ilmiya: Translating Knowledge
Rahul Sarwate, Sowmya Dechamma, Raza Kazmi, and Syed Jaleel Hussain
in conversation with Rita Kothari
11:20 am – 12:20 pm
Xabd-Setu: Writing in and between the Bhashas
Vivek Shanbhag, Gogu Shyamala, Jatin Nayak, and Kanato Chophy
in conversation with Srinath Raghavan
12:20 pm – 1:20 pm
Antaram: Publishing in and between the Bhashas
Kannan Sundaram, Gita Ramaswamy, Mandira Sen, and Aditi Maheshwari Goyal
in conversation with Neeta Gupta
2:30 pm – 3:15 pm
Multilingual Translation Readings
Ungalei Longjam (Manipuri), Shivnath Munda (Mundari), Arya Shukla (Bhojpuri)
Ayapiri Debbarma (Kokborok), and Sumaira Nawaz (Persian)
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
Aras-Paras: Weaving in and between the Bhashas
Karthika VK, Nirupama Dutt, Yogesh Maitreya, and Mamang Dai
in conversation with Urvashi Butalia
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Conclusion and Vision Statement: The Way Forward
