International Translation Day: Translated books that translators from Indian languages recommend

September 30 is observed around the world as International Translation Day.

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· Sep 30, 2020 · 08:30 am

‘There is no god in that temple, said the hermit’: Rabindranath Tagore wrote this poem in 1900

A translation of Tagore’s poem ‘Deeno Daan’ (’Destitute Donation’).

Rabindranath Tagore

· Aug 06, 2020 · 05:30 pm

‘Repentance’: Read this short story by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay on his 125th birth anniversary

Unusually for the acclaimed Bengali writer (born on September 12, 1894) the story is set not in rural Bengal but in Goa.

Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay

· Sep 12, 2019 · 05:30 pm

July 13, 1905: A Namboodiri woman is convicted of adultery and made an outcaste. This is her story

The first edition of ‘Outcaste’, the English translation of Matampu Kunhukuttan’s Malayalam novel ‘Brushte’, was published in 1996.

Mini Krishnan

· Jul 13, 2019 · 08:30 am

Five translated books by Indian women that you should read in this #WomenInTranslation month

August is celebrated as Women In Translation Month worldwide to bring attention to the works of women writing across languages.

Urvashi Bahuguna

· Aug 18, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Reviving the past: A literary collective is translating 100 classic novels across Indian languages

The first set of books is expected to be out within a year.

Bhavya Dore

· May 26, 2018 · 06:45 am

‘Who will be left to live peacefully ever after?’: 10 conversations on communalism by Asghar Wajahat

Translated by Rakhshanda Jalil, ten piercing conversations on hate, riots and religious discrimination.

Asghar Wajahat

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Rakhshanda Jalil

· Apr 21, 2018 · 07:15 am

On Baisakhi, two classic short stories that capture the spirit of Punjab

A love for food and celebration through English translations of stories by two legendary Punjabi writers.

Nanak Singh

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Amrita Pritam

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Nirupama Dutt

· Apr 14, 2018 · 12:30 pm

‘I Don’t Have Wings’: Arvind Krishna Mehrotra on the works of Hindi writer Vinod Kumar Shukla

The full text of poet and scholar Arvind Krishna Mehrotra’s address at the ‘Against Storytelling’ symposium.

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

· Mar 24, 2018 · 12:30 pm

Welcome to the graveyard of rare books, also known as the Saulat Public Library, Rampur

Priceless editions of Urdu, Persian and English lie in neglect as no one cares to maintain a library that should have been a national treasure.

Daniel Jacobius Morgan

· Nov 25, 2017 · 05:30 pm

What is untranslatable? Ten translators from Indian languages list their candidates

From auditory effects to cultural back stories, a range of things that translators find almost impossible to express in another language.

Shashank Bhargava

· Oct 28, 2017 · 05:30 pm

International Translation Day: Read the beginnings of eleven of the best translated books from India

Translation has ensured that the classics in different Indian languages do not remain imprisoned.

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· Sep 30, 2017 · 06:30 pm