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Translation
Haruki Murakami and the challenge of translating Japanese’s many words for ‘I’
Gitte Marianne Hansen, The Conversation
· Dec 23, 2024 · 08:30 pm
Translated fiction: Gyan Chaturvedi’s novel about the free-market economy and excessive consumerism
Gyan Chaturvedi Punarvasu Joshi
· Dec 23, 2024 · 05:30 pm
‘Mornings With My Cat Mii’ joins other Japanese novels that confront the absurdities of modern life
Diya Isha
· Dec 22, 2024 · 08:30 pm
Why should we read the classics? To slow down. And to appreciate our cultural and social diversity
Srinivas Reddy
· Dec 22, 2024 · 08:30 am
‘Yeonnam-dong’s Smiley Laundromat’: A comfort read that reminds us of the value of human connections
Aditi Yadav
· Dec 21, 2024 · 05:00 pm
‘Bride in the Hills’: Kannada writer Kuvempu’s novel depicts life under the ruthless regime of caste
Arvind Narrain
· Dec 21, 2024 · 07:30 am
2024 Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation: Read the winning poems
Scroll Staff
· Dec 20, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Translated fiction: A family grapples with the tension between its Jewish faith and Indian identity
Sheela Rohekar Madhu Singh
· Dec 19, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Fiction: A plot is hatched to kill Mat’s wife and their baby. However, he is accused of the murders
Mahfud Ikhwan Annie Tucker
· Dec 18, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Mandarin translation of Shubhangi Swarup’s ‘Latitudes of Longing’ wins Taiwan’s 2024 Openbook Prize
Scroll Staff
· Dec 18, 2024 · 03:50 pm
Literary critic Kirtinath Kurtkoti on how Kannada poetry is influenced by translation and rewriting
Kirtinath Kurtkoti Kamalakar Bhat
· Dec 17, 2024 · 01:30 pm
Sunday book pick: The sex lives of Iranian housewives in Marjane Satrapi’s ‘Embroideries’
Sayari Debnath
· Dec 15, 2024 · 08:30 am
‘The Inseparables’: Simone de Beauvoir’s novella speaks of the crushing weight borne by women
Kshipra Hada
· Dec 14, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Fiction: A traditional aristocratic Bengali family transitions into modernity after Independence
Kusum Khemani Mahanta Banibrata
· Dec 13, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Translated Hindi nonfiction: An excerpt from ‘Anna Bhau Sathe’, by Vishwas Patil
Vishwas Patil Suresh Maheshwari
· Dec 10, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Fiction: 70-year-old Unnikrishnan calls a press conference to announce the date of his death
M Mukundan Nandakumar K
· Dec 09, 2024 · 05:30 pm
Crossword Book Awards: Saharu N Kannanari, Karthik Muralidharan, Jayasree Kalathil among winners
Scroll Staff
· Dec 09, 2024 · 01:03 pm
Translated Hindi fiction: An excerpt from ‘Neel Chhavi’, by Mahasweta Devi
Mahasweta Devi Maheshwar
· Dec 06, 2024 · 06:30 pm
Translated Hindi nonfiction: ‘My Autobiography’, by Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin Suraj Prakash
· Dec 03, 2024 · 06:30 pm
‘The Rainbow Runners’: An affecting novel about insurgencies in Assam despite some occasional bumps
Ananya Kaushik
· Dec 01, 2024 · 01:30 pm
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