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Editorial    Reports

1. IACLALS-JDMC Annual Conference (Online) 2022, on “Circulations, Mediations, Negotiations: New Perspectives on Translation from South Asia”, March 2–5, 2022
2. IACLALS-AGDC International Seminar (hybrid mode) 2022 on “Angarey and the Progressive Writers’ Movement”, 16–17 December 2022
3. 2-day International Conference on “Literature, Environment and Climate Change”, RGNUL, Punjab, 7–8 April 2022
4. Language, Law and Literature: Exploring Words and Worlds, RGNUL, Punjab, 25 September 2021
5. Online Mini-seminar on Rabindranath Tagore, Children’s Literature Research Centre, 22 May 2022
6. RGNUL, Punjab: 5-day International Capacity Building Program on Poetry, Pedagogy and Profession, 20–25 August 2022
7. Humans need to be more humane: Time to rethink and reconnect — 19th International Biennial Symposium on Literature and Culture in the Asia-Pacific region, AMU, Nov. 2022
8. Foundation Lecture Series, 2021–2022, Department of English, JDMC, University of Delhi
9. International Writers Fest, April 2022, JDMC

Creative Writing

1. Poems by Bhaskar Roy Barman
2. Poems by Sanjukta Dasgupta
3. Poems by Sagar Mal Gupta

Translation

1. “The English Master” by Prabhat Kumar Mukhopadhyay, translated by Anurima Chanda
2. “Niece Gunjomala (Bonjhi Gunjomala)” by Jagadish Gupta, translated by Subhadeep Ray
3. C. B. Bharti’s poems, translated by Meenakshi Pawha

Book Reviews

1. Things Reborn: Essays on the Renaissance, by Sukanta Chaudhuri (reviewed by Somdatta Mandal)
2. Simulkandi in Retrospect: Barman Roys and Roy Barmans at a Glance, by Biresh Barman (reviewed by Bhaskar Roy Barman)
3. The Island of Missing Trees, by Elif Shafak (reviewed by Sanjukta Naskar)
4. Dalit Lekhika: Women’s Writings from Bengal, ed. Kalyani Thakur Charal & Sayantan Dasgupta (reviewed by Debashree Dattaray)
5. A Memorial Volume in Honour of Two Padma Bhushan Award Winning Professors of English: C.D. Narasimhaiah & Shiv K. Kumar, ed. Bijay Kumar Das (reviewed by Shyamala A. Narayan)
6. Satyajit Ray: From Frame to Frame, by Shoma A Chatterjee (reviewed by Sanjukta Dasgupta)
7. Sita’s Sisters, by Sanjukta Dasgupta (reviewed by Kalyanee Rajan)

New Publications by Members    Awards / Honours / Achievements (Rukmini Bhaya Nair, M. Asaduddin)

IACLALS Discussion Forum–I

Tributes / Obituaries

1. Kamla Bhasin (1946–2021) – by Anandita Pan
2. Swapan Kumar Chakravorty (1954–2021) – by Shaifta Ayoub
3. Gopi Chand Narang (1931–2022) – by Bhaskar Roy Barman
4. Sara Suleri Goodyear (1953–2022) – by Muneeza Shamsie
5. Aijaz Ahmad (1941–2022) – by Dhurjjati Sarma
6. Sudhakar Marathe (1941–2022) – by A. Giridhar Rao
7. Maria Aurora Couto (1937–2022) – by Shradha Kochhar
8. Bala Kothandaraman (1943–2022) – by T. Vijay Kumar

Membership of IACLALS

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Editorial    Reports

1. IACLALS Annual Conference 2021, March 17–20, 2021
2. Expressions@RGNUL, 29–31 August 2020
3. International Interdisciplinary Lecture Series, 5 September 2020
4. Bangalore University International Science Fiction Conference, 7–10 December 2020
5. Foundation Lecture Series, JDMC, 2020–2021
6. Swami Vivekananda’s 158th Birth Anniversary, 12 January 2021
7. 128th Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago Speech, 19 September 2021
8. “Women’s Writings in India: Issues and Perspectives” – Online Lecture Series, 12 February – 23 April 2021
9. IIT Madras launches Indian Network for Memory Studies, 17 June 2021

Creative Writing

1. Poems by Subodh Sarkar (tr. Jaydeep Sarangi)
2. Poems by Vineet Maxwell David
3. Poems by Bhumika R.
4. Short story by Manoranjan Byapari (tr. Somdatta Mandal)
5. Excerpt from Kusum Khemani’s novel Lavanyadevi (tr. Banibrata Mahanta)
6. Short story by Shayeari Dutta

Book Reviews

1. Salman Rushdie and the Genesis of Secrecy – reviewed by Harish Trivedi
2. Indian English Literature 2001–2015: A Critical Survey – reviewed by GJV Prasad
3. The Ramayana: A Stage Play and a Screen Play – reviewed by Somdatta Mandal
4. Meera Vs Meera: devoted saint-poet or determined queen? – reviewed by GJV Prasad
5. In the Labyrinth – reviewed by Shyamala A. Narayan
6. The Untouchable and Other Poems – reviewed by Shyamala A. Narayan
7. Prose Writings from North East India – reviewed by Dhurjjati Sarma
8. Women and Education in India: A Representative Study – reviewed by Ankana Das
9. Ghalib: A Wilderness at My Doorstep – reviewed by M. Asaduddin

New Publications by Members

Awards / Honours / Achievements

IACLALS Distinguished Speaker Series

Tributes / Obituaries

1. Kapila Vatsyayan
2. Manglesh Dabral
3. Sugatha Kumari
4. Sankha Ghosh
5. Subhadra Sen Gupta
6. R. S. Sharma
7. Homen Borgohain
8. Subhendu Mund
9. Lakshmi Nanda Bora
10. Siddalingaiah

Memorial Meeting for Subhendu Mund

Call for Papers: Conferences / Volumes

Membership of IACLALS

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Editorial    Tributes / Obituaries (Girish Karnad, G.K. Das, Jean Arasanayagam, Avadhesh Kumar Singh, Kiran Nagarkar, Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Saras Cowasjee, Tutun Mukherjee, George Steiner, Edward Kamau Brathwaite, Krishna Baldev Vaid, Renate Helga Sarma, H.K. Kaul, Manabendra Bandopadhyay)

Reports

IACLALS Annual Conference 2020; Bangalore University Literary Festival; “Gandhi and Literature: Exploring the Ideological Fronts”; Oceanvale Workshop, Kirori Mal College; inaugural IDSC Annual International Conference “Deglobalising Disability: Texts and Contexts”; Australian Short Story Festival; International Conference “Kala pani Crossings #2”; One Day Symposium “Feminism: Popular Culture, Media, Literature & Performance”; series of webinars by Readers Club International.

Book Reviews

Ship of Sorrows (tr. Saleem Kidwai) – reviewed by M. Asaduddin;
Kali’s Daughter – reviewed by Simran Chadha;
Memoirs of the Woods – reviewed by Bhaskar Roy Barman;
The Silence of the Hyena – reviewed by Fatima Rizvi;
Culture, History and Politics: South Asian Narratives – reviewed by Kalyanee Rajan.

Call for Papers (Conferences / Volumes) • New Publications by Members • IACLALS Distinguished Speaker Series