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Sadiq Hedayat

International Seminar

Sadiq Hedayat : A Persian Phoenix in the Indian Island "17th - 18th February, 2015"
At Lecture Hall, CETTM, Powai, Mumbai, India

Inaugural Session

Tuesday the 17h February 2015 at 11:00-12:00 A.M

Prof. Chander Shekhar, Head, Dept. of Persian, Delhi University & Dr. Marta Simidchieva, (Division of Humanities, York University, Toronto ) shall be the Chief Guests

Dr. Syed Akhtar Husain, (President, Institute of Indo Persian Studies) will preside over the function

Dr. Aleem Ashraf Khan, (Vice President, Institute of Indo Persian Studies) shall propose a vote of thanks

R.S.V.P

Dr. Mahmood Alam
General Secretary, IIPS
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Dr Dr. Md. Arshadul Quadri
Secretary, IIPS
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Dr. Rizwanur Rehman
Treasurer, IIPS
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Tuesday the 17th February 2015

Session I
Time: 11.30 am – 1:00 pm

In Chair : Professor Chandra Shekhar & Dr. Syed Akhtar Husain

  • Ms. Pinky Isha : The Surreo-Absurdist World of Transformations and Split Personality : A Comparative Study of Hedayat’s The Blind Owl with Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Ionesco’s Rhinoceros
  • Dr. Alim Ashraf Khan : The Art of Short Story Writings of Sadegh Hedayat
  • Dr. Marta Simidchieva : The Indian Connection in an Allegorical Reading of Hedayat’s the Blind Owl
  • Ms. Dipanwita Donde : Poetic Fragments and Fractured Images: The Art of Sadegh Hedayat
  • Mr. Nadeem Akhtar : Hedayat Translating Facts into Fiction

Lunch 1pm-2:30pm

Session II
Time: 2:30 am – 4:00 pm

In Chair: Dr. Aleem Ashraf Khan & Dr. Rizwanur Rahman

  • Ms. Nargis Jaberi Nasab : Beganeh i dar Behisht: A Passage to India
  • Dr. Mandana Mangeli : Revisiting the Archetypes: Shadow, Anima, Persona and Death in the stories of Hedayat
  • Mr. Golam Moinuddin : Reception of Buf e Kur in Pakistan
  • Ms. Nahid Morshedloo : Three Drops of Blood: A Friend, A Beloved and A Rival

Tea
Persian Music Programme at Rangaswar Y.B.Chavan Centr , 4th Floor, Gen. Jagannathrao Bhosale Marg, Mumbai, 400021 at 6:30 pm-7:30 pm

Wednesday the 18th February 2015

Venue: Lecture Hall, CETTM, Powai, Mumbai

Session III
Time : 9:30 am – 11:30 am

In Chair : Dr. Marta Simidchieva

  • Mr. Ali Dehbashi : Studies on Hedayat in Iran
  • Dr. Sadi Aydin : Sadiq Hedayat in Turkey
  • Dr. Mahmoodreza Ekramifar : Analysis of Symbolism in Dash Akol by Sadegh Hedayat
  • Dr. Md. Arshadul Quadri : Haji Agha and Sethji: A Comparative Study

Tea beak : 11:00 am- 11:30 am

Session IV
Time : 11:30 am – 1:00 pm

In Chair : Mr. Ali Dehbashi

  • Dr. Mohd. Abul Kalam Sarker : Studies on Sadegh Hedayat in Bangladesh.
  • Dr. Mohd. Ataullah : A Comparative Study of Sadegh Hedayat with his contemporary Iranian writers
  • Ms. Mehri Shah Hosseini : The Language of Characters in the Stories of Sadegh Hedayat
  • Ms. Ehteram Farrokhi : The Role of Women in the stories of Sadegh Hedayat

Lunch break : 1:00 pm – 2:00pm

Session V

Time : 2:00 pm- 3:30 pm

In Chair : Dr, Muzaffar Alam & Dr. Md. Arshadul Quadri

  • Ms. Shafaq Matloob & Syed Md. Kazim : Reality of Death in the Works of Ghalib and Hedayat.
  • Dr Mahmood Alam : India: A Safe Haven for Hedayat
  • Ms. Asieh Zabihnia Emran : Critiquing Binary Opposition in Buf-i-Kur of Sadegh Hedayat
  • Mr. Shakil Ahmad Khan : Reception of Sadeq Hedayat’s works in Urdu.

Valedictory Session

3:30 pm-4:00 pm

Venue: Lecture Hall, CETTM, Powai, Mumbai

Remarks of Guest of Honour : Mr. Ali Dehbashi
Remarks of Chief Guest : Dr. Marta Simichieva
Remarks of Chief Guest : Dr. Mandana Mangeli
Presidential Address : Professor Chandra Shekhar
Vote of Thanks : Dr. Syed Akhtar Husain

Tea
Thursday the 19th February 2015 at 12:00 noon
Visit to the Summer Queen, the house where Hedayat lived from 1936-37 (discovered by Nadeem Akhtar, a member of IIPS) at Arthur Bunder Road, Colaba, Mumbai. Reception of the Delegates by Janab Naseer Jamal, Managing Director, Citywalk Shoes in the Summer Queen.

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