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Found in translation

A reader compiled this thread of 91 books from India translated into English and published in 2022

This comprehensive list reveals the depth and variety in translated literature from India.

Chittajit Mitra
Jan 06, 2023 · 05:30 pm
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A reader compiled this thread of 91 books from India translated into English and published in 2022
Chittajit Mitra.

2. Qabar by @krmeera1 , translated by Nisha Susan (Malayalam)@EkaWestlandhttps://t.co/iGf1RbPtRl pic.twitter.com/MP5EOidZhF

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) January 11, 2022

4. Do Not Go to the Jungle by Shihabuddin Poithumkadavu, translated by J. Devika (Malayalam)@EkaWestlandhttps://t.co/VxJDbFFMqY pic.twitter.com/LuIUcx37nI

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) January 11, 2022

6. Rohzin by @rahman184 , translated by @TheBoltiAurat (Urdu)@PenguinIndiahttps://t.co/jn92BPAVZG pic.twitter.com/7fxQeK7UVQ

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 11, 2022

8. Battles of Our Own by Jagadish Mohanty, translated by Himansu S. Mohapatra & Paul St-Pierre (Odia)@PenguinIndia https://t.co/Ppda7TF2fN pic.twitter.com/wJ0gPhPgGq

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 11, 2022

10. Hymns in Blood by Nanak Singh, translated by @navdeepsuri (Punjabi)
@HarperCollinsINhttps://t.co/19dpxuCvTE pic.twitter.com/4fePyJmEXP

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 11, 2022

12. Vultures by Dalpat Chauhan, translated by @DrHemangDesi (Gujarati)https://t.co/D2gMEddZgL pic.twitter.com/zp5F9IoVHM

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 11, 2022

14. Malloban by Jibanananda Das, translated by Rebecca Whittington (Bangla)@PenguinIndia https://t.co/BPoyT27cvG pic.twitter.com/3QqC5YFRB5

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 11, 2022

16. The Paradise of Food by @khalid_jawed , translated by @BaranFarooqi (Urdu)@juggernautbooks https://t.co/7pk1h2ZcMl pic.twitter.com/MmU39qDtGU

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 11, 2022

18. The Greatest Kashmiri Stories Ever Told selected & translated by Neerja Mattoo (Kashmiri)@AlephBookCo https://t.co/TBqnu1DK2N pic.twitter.com/DFRdOqlUd1

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 11, 2022

20. Sin by Wajida Tabassum, translated by @ReemaAbbasi (Urdu)@HachetteIndia https://t.co/unDDETz9lj pic.twitter.com/83FfnUfZ8I

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 11, 2022

22. The Greatest Telugu Stories Ever Told selected & translated by Dasu Krishnamoorty & @TamraparniDasu @AlephBookCo https://t.co/mTPBLmMGI3 pic.twitter.com/JunUFz8roy

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 12, 2022

24. Four Chapters by Rabindranath Tagore, translated by @radhachakravar2 (Bangla)@PenguinIndia https://t.co/uxtlvbnMBe pic.twitter.com/TQXH4dN5xy

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 14, 2022

26. Dream Factory by Sujatha, translated by @madversity (Tamil)
@HarperCollinsIN https://t.co/ftPpgxNsFF pic.twitter.com/Yju8HCiTSy

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 14, 2022

28. The Areca Nut Tree & Other Stories selected & translated by Ranjita Biswas (Assamese)@Vitastapublish https://t.co/5vWYCEKX2a pic.twitter.com/FKCa7JbBbe

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 15, 2022

30. Meeran's Stories by Thoppil Mohamed Meeran, translated by Prabha Sridevan (Tamil)@RatnaBooks https://t.co/X7vVAG6hDG pic.twitter.com/Pa7yncjnPK

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 16, 2022

32. Chellammal's Journal: A Memoir, translated by Kanchana Viswanathan (Tamil)
@yodapresshttps://t.co/bsAnGUsBGM pic.twitter.com/klU2ULeCAm

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) May 19, 2022

34. Tales from the Kathasaritsagara by Somadeva, translated by Arshia Sattar (Sanskrit)
@HarperCollinsIN https://t.co/OLdLbHyQ7G pic.twitter.com/ngQICUoZT8

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) June 1, 2022

36. Gabbilam: A Dalit Epic by Gurram Jashuva, translated by @cjangam (Telugu)@arpitayodapress https://t.co/HgGKeVklar pic.twitter.com/S46NQXgBZy

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) June 1, 2022

38. Essays of U Ve Sa translated by Prabha Sridevan & @Pradeepthinks (Tamil)@niyogibooks https://t.co/daBDvdOKLr pic.twitter.com/Wt53YYqjTy

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) June 9, 2022

40. Hitopadesha by Narayana, translated by Shonaleeka Kaul (Sanskrit)@AlephBookCo https://t.co/cp1O4mBBCc pic.twitter.com/REFa5Yx7SA

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) June 9, 2022

42. The Dreams of a Mappila Girl by B. M. Zuhara, translated by @FehmidaZakeer (Malayalam)@arpitayodapress @SAGEPubIndia https://t.co/wTfl1mqrlm pic.twitter.com/QofyaAaWbW

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) July 3, 2022

44. Pebble Monkey by Manindra Gupta, translated by @arunava (Bangla)@ju_press https://t.co/D5dB6EG1NS pic.twitter.com/xiCP8D5df6

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) July 4, 2022

46. Stories of the True by Jeyamohan, translated by @priyamvada_ram (Tamil)@juggernautbooks https://t.co/rynGIAxMZ0 pic.twitter.com/6fmKr0IWmD

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) July 19, 2022

48. Jezebel by @krmeera1 , translated by @quote_hanger & @Biju_Ooramana (Malayalam)@PenguinIndia https://t.co/Bf0Ex27CRl pic.twitter.com/Ro31VeRHdE

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) July 23, 2022

50. Temple Lamp: Verses on Banaras by Mirza Ghalib, translated by @Maazme (Persian)@PenguinIndia https://t.co/b8O8NT3d52 pic.twitter.com/6SoNThMVeU

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) August 5, 2022

52. Banaras Talkies by @satyavyas11 , translated by @himaandyellow (Hindi)@PenguinIndia https://t.co/6x08V3SPB5 pic.twitter.com/WzTgrq5cOi

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) August 9, 2022

54. A Cry in the Wilderness : The Works of Narayana Guru, translated by Vinaya Chaitanya (Malayalam, Tamil and Sanskrit)
@HarperCollinsIN https://t.co/s3ln65W8rP pic.twitter.com/4s2cUpNmYh

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) August 23, 2022

56. In Defiance: Our Stories -Short Fiction by Dalit Writers, translated by Malini Seshadri & V Ramakrishnan (Tamil)@Vitastapublish https://t.co/4Fq922tK79 pic.twitter.com/m32W46nYpy

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) August 23, 2022

58. Sone Chandi ke Buth by K.A. Abbas, edited and translated by @syeda__hameed & Sukhpreet Kahlon (Urdu)@PenguinIndia https://t.co/z2RsroeJcc pic.twitter.com/rkL0oUgUAh

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) October 4, 2022

60. Birthing Hut & Other Stories by @ThamizhachiTh , translated by V. Bharathi Harishankar (Tamil)@Vitastapublish https://t.co/H9l9zRgPp6 pic.twitter.com/874aj7CO3b

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) October 19, 2022

62. Hazaar Rang Shaairi: The Wonderful World of the Urdu Nazm selected, edited & translated by Anisur Rahman (Urdu)
@HarperCollinsIN https://t.co/bKhJ36fMuS pic.twitter.com/G384PCPBNH

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) November 6, 2022

64. Haidakhan Baba : My Years with the Himalayan Mystic by Vijay Gupta, translated by Namita Kala (Hindi)
@HarperCollinsINhttps://t.co/26hiy3yMAe pic.twitter.com/zzQpD3zAKr

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) November 6, 2022

66. The Book of Bihari Literature edited by @theabhayk , translated by multiple translators (Pali, Sanskrit, Prakrit, Maithili, Farsi, Bhojpuri, Hindi, Urdu, Bajjika, Magahi, Angika)
@HarperCollinsIN https://t.co/nRXeTE7Mqi pic.twitter.com/6DKlLGFfSb

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) November 23, 2022

68. The Speaking Constitution by K.G. Kannabiran, translated by @KK_Kannabiran (Telugu)
@HarperCollinsIN https://t.co/WjVMiDqFRx pic.twitter.com/8vKQc3Zw0C

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) November 25, 2022

70. Daaera (The Circle) : Kaifi Azmi, edited by @Javedakhtarjadu , translated by Mir Ali Husain (Urdu)@EkaWestland @WestlandBooks https://t.co/ZSo6EgcxKJ pic.twitter.com/2Di32HitN2

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) November 25, 2022

72. Lost Paradise: Selected Ghazals by Muneer Niazi, translated by Amitabha Bagchi (Urdu)@juggernautbooks https://t.co/3uqOSoKnTX pic.twitter.com/xYQxknE4C4

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) November 30, 2022

74. The Stomach that Chewed Hunger and other stories edited by Bama, translated by Ahana Lakshmi (Tamil)@ZubaanBookshttps://t.co/prlcL09iPX pic.twitter.com/y9xoAVsnEH

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) December 22, 2022

76. The Sound of Waves by Kalki, translated by Gowri Ramnarayan (Tamil)@HachetteIndia https://t.co/ESnQB1yYTz pic.twitter.com/6ftnqNuqSx

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) December 23, 2022

78. Kalindi (Brahmankanya) by Shridhar V. Ketkar, translated by Shanta Gokhale (Marathi)@speakingtiger14 https://t.co/ygTdTOpDda pic.twitter.com/efzucCwNBN

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) December 24, 2022

80. The Greatest Marathi Stories Ever Told selected & edited by @ashpotdar (Marathi)@AlephBookCo https://t.co/V6L4QA8gCI pic.twitter.com/ORQo7t7QmN

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) December 26, 2022

82. The Bride by Harimohan Jha, translated by Lalit Kumar (Maithili)
@HarperCollinsIN https://t.co/fsVvLr0Kmu pic.twitter.com/1kb3tNFDQW

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) December 26, 2022

84. Chronicles of the Lost Daughters by @Author_debarati , translated by @arunava (Bangla)
@HarperCollinsINhttps://t.co/lKuEx4gwLt pic.twitter.com/1k6alXLMnS

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) December 28, 2022

86. Search for a New Land by Abdus Samad, translated by Syed Sarwar Hussain (Urdu)@PenguinIndia https://t.co/a7aMm8pmTt pic.twitter.com/uB4PkhNCbq

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) December 28, 2022

88. The Queen of Indian Pop: The Authorized Biography of Usha Uthup by Vikas Kumar Jha, translated by @jha_srishti (Hindi)@PenguinIndia https://t.co/3lcB1rhQ4V pic.twitter.com/D4AN7SXxfg

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) December 28, 2022

90. Andhar Bil by Kalyani Thakur Charal, translated by Asit Biswas (Bangla)@ZubaanBooks https://t.co/thXWEQn4aS pic.twitter.com/FTvGqb1XfB

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) December 28, 2022

91. Baksa and Other Short Stories by Zakia Mashhadi, translated by multiple translators (Urdu)@nbt_india https://t.co/iteFiaSQO9 pic.twitter.com/zKaqmFqvHk

— Chittajit 🏳‍🌈 (@cjmitra) December 30, 2022
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