The Jindal School of Languages and Literature organized a talk on the topic, "The Poet's Courtesan or the Courtesan's Poet?: Translation, Caste & the Bhojpuri Canon" by Dr. Gautam Choubey on April 23, 2025. Dr. Gautam Choubey is an academic , writer and host of Sansad TV's talk show on Indian literature- Likhawat. He has also worked as a translator for the works on Suryakant Tripathi Nirala (A Portrait of Love, Penguin), Andre Beitelle (लोकतंत्र और उसकी संस्थाएँ, OUP) and has also co–translated Hindi bestseller Twelfth Fail (Harper Collins). His critically acclaimed translation of Pandey Kapil's historical romance Phoolsunghi (Penguin) is the first ever translation of a Bhojpuri novel into English.