Rituparna Sengupta

An exciting line up of film screenings, talks & discussions, and masterclasses! This time, with a new competitive section of student films! Do visit, and bring a film along.

Upcoming sessions on: Women at Work: Understanding Barriers, Advancing Equality; Contemporary Hindi Poetry: Recital & Dialogue; From Stigma to Support: Rethinking Gendered Mental Health & a Workshop on Gender and Participatory Research on Day 2 of the National Convention on Women in India (#NCWI), & the inaugural Jindal Interdisciplinary Arts and Literature Festival (#JIALF)

Bombing Iran in the middle of negotiations, while starving Cuba, while genociding Palestinians, while threatening to invade Greenland… the US and Israel are the single greatest threat to humanity and it’s not even close. We are all forced to live in the nightmare they create.

Here's the full schedule of our annual research conference next week. We are looking forward to a very stimulating couple of days ahead!

URGENT🚨 22-year-old Khadija Ahmadzada has reportedly been sentenced to stoning in Afghanistan for training young women in taekwondo. Female journalist Nazira Rashidi has also been arrested. Please share and raise awareness. Afghan women need support.

If there is one thing you read today, let it be this. Umar Khalid spoke to Apeksha Priyadarshini from jail. "What I really want those, who express solidarity with me, to understand is that I reject the victimhood that I’m often identified with by others. There is pain in this seemingly endless wait, indeed; but there is also a beauty to this pain. I’m content where I am, in spite of what I’m being subjected to, because there is beauty in knowing that this is not about me alone. My incarceration is not merely to target me as an individual; it is to teach my fellow comrades a lesson that anyone who dares to ask uncomfortable questions to the powers that be can, and will be, forcefully silenced without respite. Therefore, this battle that I’m fighting, too, is larger than me as an individual. This is why the language in which those, who believe in what I have to say, speak of me and others in this case needs to change. Ours is a battle for a vision—of a time in our society when some will not be more equal than others. This conviction is what makes this pain bearable. It’s almost Christ-like, or Bhagat Singh-like. Both sacrificed their lives for causes of the oppressed and there is beauty in knowing that this is the lineage of which I’m a part, in a history that shall be penned for the future." outlookindia.com/national/voice…

Save the date for Kos Minar Season 2! We will be announcing further exciting updates about the 2026 edition in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

Excited to step into the new year with a special publication: an essay in World Literature Today! Some meditations on time and human labour and artificial speed, prompted by my two great loves: cinema and literature. worldliteraturetoday.org/2026/january/e…

I am happy to share that my translation of Amrita Pritam's poem 'Ik Mulakat' has been published by @HakaraJournal's latest issue, themed 'to return'. The poem is accompanied by a translator's note, for context. hakara.in/amrita-pritam-…

We are delighted to share that JSJC alumna @SatvikaMahajan has won the prestigious Laadli award for gender-sensitive reporting, for her co-written story on homes for the transgendered, published in The Hindu. We are very proud of her and wish her a fruitful journalistic career!

We are excited to announce a book talk tomorrow on 'Dapaan: Tales from Kashmir's Conflict' written by Ipsita Chakravarty (@p_semolina) Assistant Professor of Practice at JSJC. Discussants are Vanessa Chishti (JGLS) and Farida Abdulla Khan (JMI), moderated by our Dean, @kishalay.

Announcing the new competitive section for students in the second edition of Kos Minar International Documentary Film Festival next spring! Do send in your entries!

We are marking Ritwik Ghatak's centennial with a screening of two of his outstanding films: 'Ajantrik' and 'Meghe Dhaka Tara' on November 4, Tuesday. Screenings will be followed by discussion of the films.

My translation of Amrita Pritam's Punjabi poem 'Sheher' has just been published in Washington Square Review's current (Fall) issue. A melancholic poem, it paints a picture of moral, spiritual, social, and emotional poverty in the modern city. washingtonsquarereview.com/amrita-pritam-…

What a terrific performance this was. Proud of our students and of our colleague, Supriya.

Apart from academic gatherings, we at JSJC also realise the importance of freeflowing, meaningful conversations. Yesterday's River Dialogues session was a lovely afternoon spent with conversation around poetry, music, photography, drawing, food--all inspired by rivers.

Here's our Dean, Kishalay Bhattacharjee (@kishalay) narrating a riveting real-life incident from his book, 'Che in Paona Bazaar', in the captivating TEDx talk he delivered at Shiva Shiksha Sadan, Sonipat themed “Stories Connect Us”, exploring how narratives unite us.

Our very own community radio station on campus! Proud of the work our students are doing.

My first post on my new substack account! Do read, and comment and subscribe if you like it :). open.substack.com/pub/rituparnas…