‘My Dear Teacher’: The winning piece of the Jawad Memorial Prize for Urdu-English Translation 2022

Julien Columeau Sana R Chaudhry

· Dec 17, 2022 · 12:30 pm

‘Breaking Free’ explores conflicts of devadasis and their art but leaves readers wanting more

Aishwarya Dani

· Dec 17, 2022 · 08:30 am

A newly translated Marathi novel from 1857 shows the suffering of widows in Brahminical families

Baba Padmanji

· Dec 12, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Six translators from four south Asian languages are the winners of the inaugural PEN Presents award

Scroll Staff

· Nov 25, 2022 · 01:05 pm

Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Tomb of Sand’ shares 2022 Warwick Prize for Women in Translation with ‘Osebol’

Scroll Staff

· Nov 25, 2022 · 12:44 pm

Award-winning novelist Amitabha Bagchi translates Urdu poet Muneer Niazi’s ghazals in a new book

Muneer Niazi

· Nov 21, 2022 · 05:30 pm

‘Tejo Tungabhadra’: Vasudhendra’s novel about two rivers is magnificent in both breadth and depth

Shubhangi Tiwari

· Nov 20, 2022 · 08:30 am

A newly translated historical novel tells stories from the banks of rivers in Portugal and India

Vasudhendra

· Nov 09, 2022 · 05:30 pm

Warwick Prize for Women in Translation: Geetanjali Shree’s ‘Tomb of Sand’ among 14 longlisted books

Scroll Staff

· Nov 01, 2022 · 01:23 pm

‘Uneasy Translations’: Rita Kothari probes the practices of doing, reading, and teaching translation

Tridip Suhrud

· Oct 29, 2022 · 12:30 pm

A new English translation of ‘Ramcharitmanas’ reminds us of the crucial questions Tulsidas asks

Nikhil Govind

· Oct 29, 2022 · 08:30 am

Are translated books the new ‘face’ of Indian literature in English? A translator weighs in

N Kalyan Raman

· Oct 22, 2022 · 08:30 am

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