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Manoranjan Byapari

Translated fiction: After escaping a deadly bomb blast, Jibon returns to life having lost his memory

An excerpt from ‘The Interloper’, by Manoranjan Byapari – the third and final book in the ‘Chandal Jibon’ series – translated from the Bengali by V Ramaswamy.

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V Ramaswamy
· Oct 01, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Part two of Manoranjan Byapari’s ‘Runaway Boy’: Jibon, now in his twenties, fights to survive hunger

An excerpt from ‘The Nemesis,’ by Manoranjan Byapari, translated from the Bengali by V Ramaswamy.

Manoranjan Byapari
· Jan 27, 2023 · 05:30 pm
Manoranjan Byapari’s new novel in translation imagines the life of a boy as a Namasudra

An excerpt from ‘The Runaway Boy’, by Manoranjan Byapari, translated from the Bengali by V Ramaswamy.

Manoranjan Byapari
· Feb 25, 2021 · 05:30 pm

How giving a ride to Mahasweta Devi turned rickshaw puller Manoranjan Byapari into a writer

In his autobiography, the Dalit writer describes how he taught himself to read in prison but did not think of writing until the chance encounter.

Manoranjan Byapari
· Feb 01, 2018 · 08:30 am