Translation
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‘When He so willed, He birthed the universe’: Guru Nanak’s hymns get a new English translation
Nirman Gill
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Translated Hindi nonfiction: ‘Bhartiya Rashtriya Aandolan Aur Rashtravad’, by Irfan Habib
Irfan Habib Ramesh Rawat
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Translated Hindi nonfiction: An excerpt from ‘Aapatkal Aakhyan’, by Gyan Prakash
Gyan Prakash Mihir Pandya
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‘Tomorrow, you watch, god will sprout from me’: Nepali poet Avinash Shrestha in translation
Avinash Shrestha Rohan Chhetri
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Sunday book pick: In ‘Thirst’, Jesus is god’s son, a miracle worker, and a man who was killed
Sayari Debnath
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‘An act of dancing in chains’: Ranjit Hoskote on the ‘luxury of interpretation’ in translation
Tansy Troy
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A Geetanjali Shree novel, newly translated by Daisy Rockwell: A city divided by ideology is on edge
Geetanjali Shree Daisy Rockwell
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Readers’ comments: Translation of ‘Poor Economics for Kids’ will have a new, improved version
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‘Talashnama’: Novel about religious fundamentalism is testament to the political significance of art
Veeksha Vagmita
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‘You’re a poet, don’t be silent’: Ranjit Hoskote translates ‘god of poetry’ Mir Taqi Mir from Urdu
Mir Taqi Mir Ranjit Hoskote
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Translated fiction: Kunjootty is struggling to write the stories of the natives of his village
VJ James Ministhy S
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Translated play: Rajat must deal with an honest, ailing playwright and a sanctimonious civil servant
Swadesh Deepak Jerry Pinto
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Sunday book pick: Through tales of food and desire, ‘Butter’ depicts a deeply misogynistic Japan
Sayari Debnath
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‘More Days at the Morisaki Bookshop’: The Japanese comfort read returns with a charming sequel
Aditi Yadav
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Translated fiction: Bengali couple Sudeep and Kamalika raise their children in 1960s’ America
Bani Basu Debali Mookerjea-Leonard
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A new book brings translations of Sarmad’s quatrains, which had enchanted even Prince Dara Shikoh
Sarmad Syeda Saiyidain Hameed Reyaz Ahmad
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Fiction: An Indian man and Afghani woman fall in love in 1920s’ Kabul, but a tragic fate awaits them
Syed Mujtaba Ali Nazes Afroz
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‘Riverside Stories’: This book of writings from Assam gives space to marginalised voices and themes
Shibani Phukan
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‘Wild Women’: Anthology of Bhakti poems shows how women shaped language subconscious in India
Anamika
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Fiction: A motley crew of strange characters come together in a magic-realist remapping of Calcutta
Nabarun Bhattacharya Rijula Das