Library Of India
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Locked down, born again: Covid-19 and the search for Indian Francophone literature
Franco-Tamilian writer Ari Gautier traces the history and future of French writing out of India.
Ari Gautier
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International Translation Day: Translated books that translators from Indian languages recommend
September 30 is observed around the world as International Translation Day.
Scroll Staff
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‘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
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When India was a ‘land of diamonds’, Russian tsars eagerly tried to build ties with Aurangzeb
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Teenager directed to work at cow shelter for 15 days for sharing morphed photo of Adityanath
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Watch: Madhuri Dixit does the viral ‘My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle’ dance trend on Instagram
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Two plaques in Srirangapatna claim to mark the spot where Tipu Sultan died. Which one is accurate?
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Watch: Japanese man transforms himself into a dog with Rs 12 lakh costume
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‘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
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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
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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
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‘You are doing nothing’: Democrat leader interrupts Texas governor at press conference over gun laws
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‘Single biggest learning experience of my life’: Rahul Gandhi about father Rajiv’s assassination
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Watch: Indo-Tibetan border police play nostalgic childhood game after snowfall in Himachal Pradesh
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Watch: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern explains how her country implemented gun control
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Watch: This girl with an amputated leg has to hop to school on one foot in a Bihar town
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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
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‘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 & Rakhshanda Jalil
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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, Amrita Pritam & Nirupama Dutt
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‘Goodfellas’ and ‘Field of Dreams’ actor Ray Liotta dies at 67
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Watch: Partition, art and the idea of home in short film ‘The Miniaturist Of Junagadh’
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer: Christian Bale joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas
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‘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
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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
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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
The Field
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French Open: Alcaraz admits ‘pressure’ on him after epic comeback against Albert Ramos-Vinolas
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Hockey, Asia Cup: India defeat Indonesia 16-0 to sneak into Super 4s ahead of Pakistan
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WT20 Challenge, Trailblazers vs Velocity as it happened: Navgire’s knock takes VEL into final
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Badminton: Lakshya Sen set for another training stint in Dubai with Viktor Axelsen
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Hockey, Asia Cup, India vs Indonesia, as it happened: India win 16-0 to go through to the Super 4