SCHEDULE
Saturday, 6 March (Pacific Time)
(Sunday 7 March am in India)
Sunday, 7 March (Pacific Time)
(Sunday 7 March pm IST)
Monday, 8 March (Pacific TIme)
(8 March pm & 9 March am IST)
4:00 pm PST Login
(5:30 am IST)
4:10 pm
(5:40 am IST)
TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
& WELCOME
John Pitcher, Chair, Dept. of English
OPENING REMARKS
Prabhjot Parmar, Conference Organizer
4:15-5:30 pm
(5:45-7:00 am IST)
SAHIRANA:
EK SHAM SAHIR KE NAAM Reading/Reciting/Singing
Sahir’s poems/songs
Centenary Tributes:
Sahirnama: An Ode to Sahir
Tariq Malik, Poet & Author, Vancouver
मैं... तुम्हारी रूह हूँ साहिर!
[I... Am Your Soul Sahir!]
Kusum Soni, University of the Fraser Valley, Abbotsford
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5:30-6:45 pm
(7:00-8:15 am IST)
SAHIR: LAFZOAN KA JAADUGAR [SAHIR: MAGICIAN OF WORDS] (Panel in Hindi/Hindustani)
फ़िल्मी साहिर का साहित्यिक-मूल्य [Literary Value of Sahir’s Film Lyrics]
Kumar Dhananjay, Patna Women's College
साहिर, एक तिलिस्मी लौ की त्रासदी [Sahir: The Tragedy of a Magical Light]
Kavita Arya, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi
हर पल के शायर साहिर [Timeless Poet]
Neelam Bhatt, Writer, Editor, and Translator
Rethinking the Philosophy of Life: Film Songs of Sahir Ludhianvi
Tiasa Basu Roy, University of Calcutta
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6:45-7:00 pm
(8:15-8:30 am IST)
Sahirana: Poetry and Song
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PANEL 2
7:00-8:15 pm
(8:30-9:45 am IST)
SAHIR AUR MUASHRA [SAHIR AND SOCIETY] (Panel in Urdu)
Sahir: Torchbearer of Social Criticism
Umair Mohammad Khan Writer and Freelance Journalist
Sahir Ludhianvi: Zindagi Aur Adabi Safar Par Auraton Ka Asar [Influence of Women on Life and Literary Journey]
Dev Hindavi, Screenwriter and Poet Amritsar
Sahir aur Bint-e-Hawwa [Sahir and the Daughter of Hawwa]
Aaliya Khan, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar College,
University of Delhi
Urdu Ghazal ki Nayee Awaaz [New Voice of Urdu Ghazal]
Ali Abbas, Panjab University, Chandigarh
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PANEL 3
8:15-9:30 pm
(9:45-11:00 am IST)
SAHIR: OF A MOTHER, OF INDIA, AND OF HUMANITY
(Panel in Punjabi)
ਗੀਤਕਾਰ ਸਾਹਿਰ ਲੁਧਿਆਣਵੀ ਦਾ ਜੀਵਨ ਤੇ ਪ੍ਰੇਮ : ਮਾਂ–ਪੁੱਤਰ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਸੰਗ ਵਿਚ [Mother and Son: Life and Love of Sahir Ludhianvi ]
Rajwant Kaur Panjabi,
Punjabi University, Patiala
ਭਾਰਤ ਦਾ ਸਾਹਿਰ ਲੁਧਿਆਣਵੀ [India’s Sahir]
Davi Kaur, Journalist, Chandigarh
Manavta Da Sandesh: Sahir di Shayri Vich [Humanism in Sahir’s Poetry]
Meenu, PGGCG, Chandigarh
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9:30-10:15 pm
(11:00-11:45 am IST)
KEYNOTE IN URDU
DASTAN-E-SAHIR
Dr. Kewal Dheer
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10:15-10:30 pm
(11:45 am-Noon IST)
SAHIR LUDHIANVI CENTENARY NETWORK TALK
SAHIR’S SECULAR HUMANISM
Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmed
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PANEL 4
10:30-11:30 pm
(12:00-1:00 pm IST)
SAHIR AND THE DISTANT VOICES: A COMPARATIVE LOOK
Sahir Ludhianvi’s Audenesque Poetry: Cultural Reclamation Against the Crises of Pluralistic Consciousness
Sudeep Ghosh, Agha Khan Academy, Hyderabad
Sahir Ludhianvi and the Existentialist Love Lyric
Kritika Nautiyal, Ambedkar University
Sahir and Keats- A Comparative Study of the Revolutionary Romantics
Zoha Jan, National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad
Meri Baat Aur Hai Maine To Mohabbat Ki Hai [I am Different, For I Have Loved You]: Sahir as the Humane Poet
Chetna Nassa, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprasth University, Delhi
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Panel 5
11:30 pm-12:30am
(1:00-2:00 pm IST)
SAHIR: THE AESTHETIC AND THE POLITICAL
Rise of the Unheard: Critical Delineation of Sahir Ludhianvi’s Selected Works Syeda Abeera Bukhari
Sahir Ludhianvi and his Aesthetics: The Poet from the Heart and for the Heart
Deepanshi Gupta, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi
Diverse Poetic World of Sahir Ludhianvi
Renu Gupta, DAV College Jalandhar
Sahir Ludhianvi: Communal Harmonised ‘Nazam(s)’ as Beacon of India
Tasnim Bharmal, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
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Panel 6
12:30-1:30am
(2:00-3:00 pm IST)
SAHIR: AURAT KI AWAZ [THE VOICE OF WOMEN]
Feminist Perspective: Songs of Sahir Ludhianvi
Sangeetha Gorak, Kakatiya University, Warangal
Vardi ki Parchhaiyan : Songs of Ludhianvi in a War-Torn World
Gautami Venu Nair, University of Kerala
Broaching Bitterness: Exploring Differences between Ludhianvi's Existentialist Lyrics and Poetry
Diya Chakraborty
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Panel 7
1:30-2:45am
(3:00-4:15 pm IST)
SAHIR: THE SUBLIME & THE POPULAR
The Har Ek Pal Ka Shayar: Sahir, Bridging the Popular and the Classical
Saba Mahmood Bashir , Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
Representation of Love, Life and Nature in Sahir Ludhianvi’s Writings
Shivnath Kumar Sharma, Govt. College Khilcipur, Rajgarh
Hopelessness and Hope in the Writings of Sahir Ludhianvi
Kaustubh Ranjan, Indira Kala Sangit Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh
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Panel 8
2:45 – 3:45 am
(4:15- 5:15 pm IST)
SAHIR: LOVE, WOMAN, AND NATION
Romance in Sahir's Life and Work
Dev Hindavi, Screenwriter and Poet
The Essence of Love in Sahir Ludhianvi’s Poetry
Pooja Duggal, Kanya Maha Vidyalaya (KMV), Jalandhar
Of Nation and Margins: An Analysis of Film Lyrics of Sahir Ludhianvi
Diamond Oberoi Vahali, Ambedkar University Delhi
Temporal Continuity in Sahir's Lyrics
Roshni Sengupta
Jagiellonian University, Krakow
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3:45 - 4:45 am
(5:15 - 6:15 pm IST)
Sahirana: Poetry and Song
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8:00 am Check-in
(9:30 pm IST)
8:10 am - 9:10 am
TERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
SAHIR CENTENARY MUSICAL TRIBUTE
PANEL 9
SAHIR: LOVE, LIFE, AND MUSIC
The Playful and the Meaningful:
"I Need the support of your love" (Dhool ka Phool) and "It's spring and time to fall in love" (Waqt)
Nathan Williams,
Having Loved and Lost: "Your arrival has reminded me" (Gumrah) and "Who are the fortunate ones" (Pyaasa)
Rebecca Garner
Garland of Thorns or Blown like Smoke: A comparison of Experience and Outlook on life
Reese Gibson
Mohabbat bade kaam ki cheez hai’ : Finding Poetry with Sahir in the Commercial Cinema of the 70s
Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan, IIT Madras
9:10 am
WELCOME ADDRESS
Jacqueline Nolte, Dean of Arts
SAHIR AT 100
Prabhjot Parmar, Dept. of English
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9:30-10:30 am
(11pm-12am IST)
KEYNOTE
Ephemeral and Eternal in the poetry of Sahir Ludhianvi
Ambassador Abhay Kumar
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10:30-10:45 am
(12:00-12:15am IST)
Centenary Tribute:
Sahirnama: An Ode to Sahir
Tariq Malik
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PANEL 10
10:45 am--Noon
( 12:15-1:30am IST)
SAHIR: INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY TRIBUTE
Jinhen Naaz Hai Hind Per....: A Poet's Lament
Sunera Thobani, University of British Columbia
Expressions of Multifaceted Layers of Women in Sahirji’s Poetry
Romila Verma, University of Toronto
Engendering India: A Critique of Hegemonic Structures of Power in Sahir Ludhianvi’s Poetry
Sumera Saleem, University of Sargodha
The Promotion of Better Condition for Women in Sahir's Lyrics
Emily Knudsen, University of the Fraser Valley
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12:15-12:45pm LUNCH BREAK
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PANEL 11
12:45-2:00 pm
(2:15-3:30 am IST)
LOVE FOR SAHIR: AT HOME AND IN DIASPORA
Sahir Ludhianvi: Humanism and Realism of a Romantic Poet-Lover
Deepak Mahaan, Documentary Fimmaker, Author and Columnist, Jaipur
Sahir Ludhianvi: What Did He Ever Do For Us? In Praise of East Panjab
Dominic Rai, Salt of the Sarkar, London
Sahir ki baaton Mein Shehad Jaisi Mithaas' [Sahir's Words have the Sweetness of Honey]: Beyond the Romance of "Kabhi Kabhie"
Kuldip Powar, Independent docu filmmaker, London
Sahir Ludhianvi, The Lyricist: Reflections on Society in India
Anupam Sharma, India Centre for Academic, Business & Community Excellence, Winnipeg
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PANEL 12
2:00-3:15 pm
(3:30 -4:45 am IST)
SAHIR: RESISTANCE AND POSTCOLONIAL INTERVENTIONS
Representation of the Peasants’ Voice in Sahir Ludhianvi’s Poetry
Jaideep Sra Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar and Preeti, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar
Resistance to Social Injustice and War in Sahir’s Poetry
Anam Iftikhar, Minhaj University, Lahore
“Woh Subah Kabhi to Aayegi”: Sahir Ludhianvi’s Poetry as Protest Art
Asma Sayed, Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey, BC
A Poetics of Transformation: Creative Resistance in the Writings of Sahir Ludhianvi
Debashree Dattatrey, Jadhavpur University
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PANEL 13
3:15-4:30 pm
(4:45-6:00 am IST)
SAHIR: OF LAHORE, OF LUDHIANA, AND OF AMRITA
Sahir Ludhianvi’s Lahore, Lahore’s Sahir Ludhianvi (1943-1949)
Raza Naeem, President, Progressive Writers Association Lahore
The Poet and Memory—Sahir and his Memorialization
Vinky Mittal, Ambedkar University, Delhi
“Kalpana ka Jadoo”: Understanding Sahir through Amrita Pritam’s Rasidi Ticket [Revenue Stamp]
Nandi Bhatia, Western University
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PANEL 14
4:30-5:30 pm
(6:00-7:00 am IST)
UFV Student Panel
In the Moment, Taking Life in Stride: A Comparative Reading of ""The future is uncertain, the past unknown" (Waqt) and "Blown all worries like cigarette smoke" (Hum Dono)
Viveca Braaten, UFV
Humanity Above Religion: A Comparative Reading of "This is a mosque, that is a temple / believe in either" (Dharamputra) and "You will be Neither Hindu nor Mussalman" (Dhool Ka Phool)
Sarah Brown, UFV
Chin-Up: A comparative reading of Life's Philosophy: "I have blown worries like cigarette smoke" (Hum Dono) and "Neither hide your face nor bow your head in life" (Hamraaz)
Kiran Cheema, UFV
Love Unrequited, Love Unburdened : Representations of love in "I have decided to love a stone statue" (Hamraaz) and "Come on, let's become strangers again" (Gumrah)
Ashley Spriggs, UFV
PANEL 15
5:30-6:30 pm
(7:00-8:00 am IST)
SAHIR: LOVE, SOCIETY, AND DREAMS
Lyrics and Looks of Love: Paradoxical Symbolism in Pyaasa and Dharamputra
Marissa Haavisto
SAHIR: THE DREAM WEAVER
Prabhjot Parmar
Panel 16
6:30-8:00 pm
(8:00-9:30 am IST)
UFV Student Panel
Sahir Ludhianvi's Comedic & Melancholic Elements and their use in Social Commentary in Pyaasa
John Jenkins, UFV
Memories, Love, Rejection, Regrets: A Comparative Reading of "Kabhie Khud Pe" (Hum Dono) and "Jaane Woh Kaise Log the Jinke" (Pyaasa)
Dylan Walsh, UFV
Closing Remarks:
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