Translation
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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
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Hindi nonfiction: An excerpt from ‘The Second Sex’ by Simone De Beauvoir, translated by Monica Singh
Simone De Beauvoir Monica Singh
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Translated fiction: Ruth arrives in Nazareth, Israel, where she finds work as a caregiver
Sheela Tomy Ministhy S
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‘On the Other Side’: The good and the bad Muslim, and the Urdu language that just wants to exist
Rahul Singh
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‘He gives life to all gods’: Krishna and his wife Satyabhama’s story from Murty Classical Library
Nandi Timmana Harshita Mruthinti Kamath Velcheru Narayana Rao
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‘Pig Flip’: Malayalam writer Joshy Benedict’s unique style redefines Indian graphic storytelling
Amritesh Mukherjee
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Sunday book pick: Lin Xinwu’s 1984 novel ‘The Wedding Party’ reveals the true cost of a wedding
Sayari Debnath
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Sunday book pick: A marriage made in hell in Jibanananda Das’s 1970 novel ‘Malloban’
Sayari Debnath
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‘Treasurer of Piggy Banks’: The cosmic and the planetary in Vinod Kumar Shukla’s poetry
Manash Firaq Bhattacharjee
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Translated short fiction: Quick journeys from mundane situations to the darkness within people
Ari Gautier Roopam Singh
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Fiction: The psychological dilemmas of a liberal man living in an orthodox Muslim society
Rahman Abbas Riyaz Latif
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Sunday book pick: The long hours of an endless night in ‘The Private Lives of Trees’
Sayari Debnath
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Damodar Mauzo’s ‘Boy, Unloved’: Surviving loss and loneliness with friendship and books
Sharmistha Jha
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Fiction: A zamindar’s pet dogs have been friends all their lives, till cruel fate separates them
Kalindi Charan Panigrahi Asima Ranjan Parhi
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2024 NIF Translation Fellowship: Four translators from Tamil, Gujarati, Hindi, Urdu win this year
Scroll Staff
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Translator Frank Wynn on AI: ‘The kernel of all art is the sound of human voice seeking to be heard’
Frank Wynn
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‘Rebel poet’ Kazi Nazrul Islam’s short stories can now be read in a newly translated volume
Kazi Nazrul Islam Saurav Dasthakur