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Parvathy Raveendran
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Can translations save India’s endangered ‘mother tongues’?
Political and historical pressures continue to suppress the use of local languages and impose a universal one.
Parvathy Raveendran
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Can translations become a vehicle of cultural resistance? No, because they always were
Literary gatherings provide a space for certain clichés that remind us of the increasingly vulnerable contexts literatures in translation represent.
Parvathy Raveendran
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How do you translate classic literature for contemporary readers?
It must be a meaningful conversation with the currents, conflicts and concerns of the present.
Parvathy Raveendran
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Kotak firm’s Rs 60 crore donation to BJP coincided with crucial RBI decisions on Kotak Mahindra Bank
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Bharti group’s Rs 150 crore bond donation to BJP coincided with Modi government’s telecom U-turn
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‘The Goat Life’ review: A protracted saga of suffering and survival
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How the high demand for coaching classes reflects India’s employment and economic distress
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When an emperor came calling on a newly independent India to learn from its early successes
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If these libraries do not exist in the real world yet, they should
Inevitably, it all began with Borges, as ‘Invisible Libraries’ reveals.
Parvathy Raveendran
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A subversive handbook, psychology manual and style guide for women who choose to remain single
But you could be fooled into thinking these stories are about lyricism and lovemaking.
Parvathy Raveendran