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Daisy Rockwell
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What translating Krishna Sobti revealed: She did not write to help the reader understand
The legendary writer, who died on January 25 at the age of 93, wrote to show what the Hindi language can do.
Daisy Rockwell
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Why the Hindi poetry establishment is enraged by Shubham Shree’s irreverent, prizewinning poem
‘Writing poetry is bogus! / Yeah, and useless! / Totally.’
Daisy Rockwell, Mangalesh Dabral & Shubham Shree
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Why Daisy Rockwell is painting portraits of Black women who committed suicide in US jails
'The poor and the disenfranchised are used as municipal piggy banks through aggressive policing of minor crimes.'
Daisy Rockwell
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Opinion: What Nidhi Razdan phishing case and Arnab Goswami chats tell us about Indian media today
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‘Please don’t follow me now’: Actor Rhea Chakraborty asks paparazzi when spotted in Mumbai
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Saba Naqvi: Does ‘Mirzapur’ defame UP? If you’d met the dons I have, you’d know how bad it really is
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‘Threat to democracy if judiciary, CBI, ED do not act independently,’ says Bombay HC
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Bihar Police clarify order making ‘offensive’ social media posts against government a cyber crime
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What do we do with a kameez in English? The translator’s fashion dilemma
In Upendranath Ashk’s Hindi novel, ‘Jumper-numa kameez mein uske patli-patli gori baanhen…’ present a serious translation challenge.
Daisy Rockwell
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Tamas 3.0: How to retranslate a novel already translated twice
After translations by Jai Ratan and by the author himself, Bhisham Sahni’s 'Tamas' gets an all-new English version.
Daisy Rockwell
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Lessons learned: Susanne and Lloyd Rudolph, in memoriam
The University of Chicago professors, joint recipients of the Padma Bhushan, had been teaching and writing about India since 1956.
Daisy Rockwell
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Watch: Hilarious video of Soviet soldiers supposedly dancing to Nirvana's ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
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‘You should check your phone’: Funny chat between man and his ‘brain’ keeping him awake all night
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Concert in the Dark: Watch artistes perform blindfolded in fundraiser for the visually challenged
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Watch: Black cockatoo named Euli plays cupid during surprise marriage proposal at Australia Zoo
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‘A liberating feeling’: Anthony Fauci on his feelings about the end of the Trump administration
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Five timeless translations to read, and what bad translations are
A translators examines why many classic translations of Indian literature are imperfect, and adds her recommendations.
Daisy Rockwell
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Why Hindi writer Upendranath Ashk could be India’s Marcel Proust
The translator of Ashk’s epic seven-volume novel ‘Falling Walls’ explains the similarities with Proust’s ‘Remembrance of Things Past’.
Daisy Rockwell