Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi organized a Talk-cum-Presentation on the “Interpretation of Dreams” by Madhu Tandan who is visiting the city to launch her new book Dreams and Beyond: Find Your Way in the Dark.
In a talk illustrated by a power-point presentation, Madhu Tandan, laid emphasis on the multiplicity of the dream experience – scientific, religious, paranormal, and psychological – and the importance of a deeper awareness of our inner selves of which the dreaming state is but an important aspect. She explored the heterogeneity of the dream experience and said that the interpretation of a dream necessitates many different strategies of ‘reading’. In order to know ourselves and our secret universe, we have to know our dreams. Madhu deliberated on various perspectives, including neuroscience, psychology, parapsychology, and spirituality, which give a rounded picture of how our dreams partially determine who we are.
In a talk illustrated by a power-point presentation, Madhu Tandan, laid emphasis on the multiplicity of the dream experience – scientific, religious, paranormal, and psychological – and the importance of a deeper awareness of our inner selves of which the dreaming state is but an important aspect. She explored the heterogeneity of the dream experience and said that the interpretation of a dream necessitates many different strategies of ‘reading’. In order to know ourselves and our secret universe, we have to know our dreams. Madhu deliberated on various perspectives, including neuroscience, psychology, parapsychology, and spirituality, which give a rounded picture of how our dreams partially determine who we are.
The session was chaired by Prof Mina Surjit Singh, formerly from the Dept of English, Panjab University, Chandigarh, who, in her presidential remarks, emphasized the relevance of ‘dream-reading’ to the study of literature and to literary theory.
The event was attended by eminent intellectuals of the city. Prof Manju Jaidka, Chairperson of the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi, interacted with the audience and announced that the next event, to be held at the Akademi’s premises on the 28th of Feb 2009, from 3.30 to 5.30 pm, will be a panel discussion on “Ethics and the Media” which will be chaired by Mr Kanwar Sandhu of Hindustan Times. The panel will include some eminent journalists and promises interesting fare.
The event was attended by eminent intellectuals of the city. Prof Manju Jaidka, Chairperson of the Chandigarh Sahitya Akademi, interacted with the audience and announced that the next event, to be held at the Akademi’s premises on the 28th of Feb 2009, from 3.30 to 5.30 pm, will be a panel discussion on “Ethics and the Media” which will be chaired by Mr Kanwar Sandhu of Hindustan Times. The panel will include some eminent journalists and promises interesting fare.
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