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Mini Krishnan
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‘Everyone who read her was shocked into awareness’: Mini Krishnan, Bama’s first publisher in English
‘Bama’s Karukku, particularly in Lakshmi Holmstrom’s English, drilled a hole in the wall of both religious hypocrisy and caste consciousness.’
Mini Krishnan
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July 13, 1905: A Namboodiri woman is convicted of adultery and made an outcaste. This is her story
The first edition of ‘Outcaste’, the English translation of Matampu Kunhukuttan’s Malayalam novel ‘Brushte’, was published in 1996.
Mini Krishnan
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Not the short story: Did you know of India’s treasure chest of long stories?
A new anthology brings together a selection of this relatively rare form of fiction.
Mini Krishnan
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘My son lost his job during demonetisation but at least it removed black money’
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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How to translate the title of a novel into English
A straightforward conversion often misses the nuances, says a translations editor, dipping into her portfolio.
Mini Krishnan
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Why I publish translations of Indian literature
‘Because in them lie our own histories, our sense of identity and belonging.’
Mini Krishnan