Rajbir Deswal dwelt largely on Creative Liberty issue as raised by none other than King Shah Rukh Khan as subterfuge for his inability to quit smoking. He said such liberties CAN be taken but with a meaningful purpose in mind . Like if you give graphic details of a murky and morbid thing in your narration, it is not appreciated when it claims credit for being a literary activity. For research it may be alright but not as literature. Rajbir Deswal recalled a recent article written by Dr. Shamim Sharma on female foeticide wherein she gave details of the surgery involved in the gory activity of killing daughters for added impact. And as such the liberty taken was acceptable.
(The report at http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080316/delhi.htm#11 needs clarification here.) But rather, in defence of a war against female foeticide, any liberty that is required, should be taken, not only in literary Creative Writing but in all forms of projection of viewpoints, against the barbaric practice which is abhorable and condemnable in the strictest possible terms.
Dr. Pushpinder Syal's propagation of a transnational approach in current literary activity was appreciated and deliberated upon.
(Seen in the pics are Dr. Pushpinder Syal, Rajbir Deswal, Mrs. Suman Gupta,Mrs. Ranjana Lal,Prof. Naresh Kansal and the delegates.)
Seminar Gurgaon
Rajbir Deswal recalled a recent article written by Dr. Shamim Sharma on female foeticide wherein she gave details of the surgery involved in the gory activity of killing daughters for added impact. And as such, the liberty taken was acceptable according to Deswal."In defence of a war against female foeticide, any liberty that is required, should be taken, not only in literary creative writing but in all forms of projection of viewpoints, against the barbaric practice which is abhorable and condemnable in the strictest possible terms" said he.
Mr. Deswal who himself is a writer of middles in national dailies felt that the strongest feeling in one being projected through the ornamental phraseology makes the narration very ear pleasing. Creative writing can not be confined to any techniques but rather anything that comes straight from the heart and that can be clothed in a diction that has all the ingredients of the art possessed by a connoisseur or a raconteur, should create the desired effect. He also cautioned against biases and prejudices in journalistic writings as well. He quoted Mathew Arnold who said,"Journalism is Literature in a hurry."
The delegates endorsed Dr. Pushpinder Syal's transnational trends in writing of English and mention was made of Ben Le Hunte's award winning novel "There where the pepper grows" which shows the locales of the scenes in her novel in war ridden Poland, Russia, Japan, India and America. "The current trends in writing in English involve three or four or five countries," said Dr. Syal. Se further said that the whole matter of identity, of belonging and of homeland, has been deconstructed—through the fictional explorations of Naipaul and Rushdie, and other followers of that mould, as well as critical explorations drawn from areas of history that examine nation, nationality and its representations.
Dr. Samidha Shikha, Head Department of English, Government College Gurgaon, said that, “Creative language has a musical quality about it, which resonates into meaning. Thus, the sound-effect of language directly affects its semantics. This musicality goes beyond the technical rhyme scheme. It breathes life into it so as to keep it treasured for centuries ahead.”
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