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Mridula Nath Chakraborty, The Conversation
Why controversies around cultural appropriation and identity politics should not end translations
The act and the art of translation require the permission to transcend borders, the permission to make mistakes and the permission to be repeated.
Mridula Nath Chakraborty, The Conversation
· Mar 14, 2021 · 05:30 pm
Currying on: The South Asian diaspora has owned a racial slur and turned it into a potent metaphor
‘Curry’ seems to be the lowest-common denominator that unites disparate peoples who have had their histories defined by European colonisation.
Mridula Nath Chakraborty, The Conversation
· Jul 01, 2018 · 06:30 pm
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