Are translated books the new ‘face’ of Indian literature in English? A translator weighs in

For the first time since its inception in 2018, the JCB Prize for Literature shortlist consists entirely of translations.

N Kalyan Raman

· Oct 22, 2022 · 08:30 am

International Translation Day: What is the social role of translation in contemporary India?

Can literary translation help in ‘national integration’?

N Kalyan Raman

· Sep 30, 2022 · 07:00 am

The translation debate: ‘No, translators do not alter the original story or distort its intention’

Literary translator N Kalyan Raman responds to writer Ambai’s observations on the perceived inadequacies of translation.

N Kalyan Raman

· Apr 18, 2021 · 05:30 pm

How do state governments sustain the illusion of governance even when they fail their people?

M Rajashekhar reports extensively and intensively from six states to answer this question in his new book, ‘Despite the State’.

N Kalyan Raman

· Mar 20, 2021 · 08:30 am

AK Ramanujan’s diaries reveal the inner turmoil and meditative awareness of the man behind the icon

The poet, scholar and translator maintained detailed notes and journal entries throughout his life. An invaluable new book presents them to the world.

N Kalyan Raman

· May 18, 2019 · 08:30 am

This complex novel examines how women negotiate their lives during and after conflicts like war

Covered earlier in reportage, the terrain of violence and survival for women moves into Tamil fiction through Sharmila Seyyid’s book, ‘Ummath’.

N Kalyan Raman

· Nov 03, 2018 · 06:30 pm

Balakumaran (1946-2018) struck a chord with readers because he gave a voice to ordinary individuals

The popular Tamil writer, remembered for his fiction and screenwriting, died at 71.

N Kalyan Raman

· May 17, 2018 · 05:30 pm

The list of Tamil films in which women are destroyed by men is long, but it wasn’t always that way

The evolution of the women in Tamil cinema, from ideal to rebel to object.

N Kalyan Raman

· Sep 01, 2017 · 01:30 pm

Through more than 200 stories, Ashokamitran wrote the one big story in which we find ourselves

A true modernist, the Tamil writer wrote mostly about the oppressed and the powerless.

N Kalyan Raman

· Mar 25, 2017 · 06:30 am