Jammu December 16 (KNS): Two day Litfest organised by the Department of English, School of Humanities and Liberal Arts, under the patronage of Profession Bechan Lal, Vice Chancellor, Cluster University of Jammu concluded today on 16th of December 2022. On the second of the fest, the first session of the day two of the fest commenced with the deliberations of Professor Monika Sethi, former Head Department of English. She dwelt on “Rendezvous with Verse: Analysing Poetry”. She talked on various literary aspects of reading and analysing poetry; themes, stylistics, meaning and interpretation. She further said that reading of poetry is not merely finding a meaning of the lines rather it is also about how the poet has represented a particular idea or theme. Poetry has deeper symbolical and metaphorical meaning which a poet conveys through various literary techniques and methods which the students must know before they read and understand a poem. It was followed by an interactive session to clear doubts and answers the queries of the students.
Dr Vinit Kumar Jha Uppal (IIMC J&K), was resource person for the afternoon session. He deliberated upon “Grooming our Young Minds: Content Writing Tools and Hacks”. Dr Jeet Singh, Assistant Professor, Department of English (SHLA) gave a warm welcome address which followed proceeding of the lecture. Dr Uppal made the students aware about the use of digital media to write and generate content. However, he admonished that digital media is a precarious space to be in. One has to take care of ‘digital hygiene’ and not get carried away by media posts that are motivated and have sinister designs. The students were apprised that there is no substitute for reading and in order to be a good content writer reading is a gate way with enormous possibilities.
Dr. Geetanjali A. Rana, sharing her views about the fest, appreciated the healthy participation and interest of the students in attending such events. She congratulated the whole Department, faculty and students for successful conduct of the fest. Dr. Twinkle Suri gave the vote of thanks and opined that students would show enthusiastic participation in such seminars which will go a long way in enhancing their knowledge horizons.
Dr Indu Sharma, Dr Himanshi Vashishat and Ms Kamaljot Kour, faculty Department of English coordinated in the event. Komal Pandey and Manikdeep Kour from semester 7 of English Department (SHLA) anchored during both the sessions.