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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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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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Canada: Amid anti-immigration rhetoric, curbing international students is a knee-jerk reaction
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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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