Poetry: Telugu poet Afsar Mohammad has been translated for the first time into English

Afsar Mohammad

· Oct 20, 2022 · 05:30 pm

A new translation of ‘Saundarya Lahari’ has revived the ancient Sanskrit text for modern readers

Mani Rao

· Oct 14, 2022 · 08:30 am

Nandana Dev Sen on how she translated her mother Nabaneeta’s poetry – in life and after her death

Nandana Dev Sen

· Sep 30, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Dancing backwards and in heels’: The delicate art of translating children’s literature

Mini Shrinivasan

· Sep 30, 2022 · 12:30 pm

‘Uneasy Translations’: Rita Kothari’s new book examines the ‘manyness’ of the languages we use

Rita Kothari

· Sep 30, 2022 · 08:30 am

International Translation Day: What is the social role of translation in contemporary India?

N Kalyan Raman

· Sep 30, 2022 · 07:00 am

Set in 18th century Bengal, this novel probes gender-class conflicts through a dancing girl’s murder

Shaheen Akhtar

· Sep 28, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Read Imayam’s short story about a mother seeking justice for her child who has been sexually abused

Imayam

· Sep 27, 2022 · 05:30 pm

2022 Kirkus Prize: 18 fiction, nonfiction, young readers’ books compete for $50,000 cash prize

Scroll Staff

· Sep 17, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Sanskar’: Indira Goswami’s searing short story features in a new book on her work

Indira Goswami

· Aug 29, 2022 · 05:30 pm

How Sri Aurobindo as translator took selections from the classical literatures of India to the world

Richard Hartz

· Aug 29, 2022 · 08:30 am

September reading: Life in India over the years with seven recently published works of fiction

Sayari Debnath

· Aug 27, 2022 · 12:30 pm

‘Spring settles here on the horizon of the heart’: Banaras through the eyes of Mirza Ghalib

Mirza Ghalib Maaz Bin Bilal

· Aug 25, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Banaras Talkies’ in translation is an adroit recreation of a wickedly funny campus novel in Hindi

Mohini Gupta

· Aug 21, 2022 · 12:30 pm

What makes the ‘Hitopadesha’ a timeless text on human behaviour? It is its playful language

Shonaleeka Kaul

· Aug 09, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Why Jhumpa Lahiri says translating herself is ‘bewildering, paradoxical, doomed from start’

Sayari Debnath

· Aug 06, 2022 · 08:30 am

A young doctor’s contentious divorce makes her wonder if women can ever live truly independent lives

KR Meera

· Jul 29, 2022 · 05:30 pm

A new prize for translating books from South Asian languages into English has been announced

Scroll Staff

· Jul 29, 2022 · 02:27 pm

‘Breaking Free’: Devdasis find feminist solidarity in history, memories, and secrets in this novel

Vaasanthi

· Jul 27, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘A woman and fire are as ancient as civilisation’: Six Dalit-feminist poems by Poonam Tushamad

Poonam Tushamad

· Jul 25, 2022 · 08:30 am