Meet The Translator
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‘Thrice marginalised’: Writer Nazia Akhtar on Urdu women writers of Hyderabad
An interview with Nazia Akhtar, the author of ‘Bibi’s Room: Hyderabadi Women and Twentieth-Century Urdu Prose.’
Mallik Thatipalli
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Kathryn Hansen: ‘Even knowing one South Asian language very well is not enough to translate’
An interview with translator and South Asia specialist Kathryn Hansen.
Suzanne L Schulz
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How Ananda Lal translated Utpal Dutt’s 50-year-old political play ‘Barricade’ into English
‘Dutt felt that 1933 Germany was being repeated in 1970s Kolkata, and exactly 50 years later, what he wrote resonates for us again.’
Ramu Ramanathan
Trending
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How Alexander the Great became Iskandar Zulkarnain, the legendary ancestor of Malay kings
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Two doctors argue that eggs are the gold standard for all proteins, and the most perfect food ever
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‘When will you kill Muslims and Christians?’ monk asks Hindus at Delhi event
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Mauritian Bhojpuri is being dressed in Hindu nationalist robes – and I’m in mourning
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Watch: ‘3 Idiots’ stars Aamir Khan, Sharman Joshi, R Madhavan comically reunite to promote new film
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Arunava Sinha wins Distinguished Translator Award 2022 at Jaipur Literature Festival
Sinha, the co-director of Ashoka Centre of Translation, has translated over 70 books.
Scroll Staff
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Interview: How we translated Shahidul Zahir’s Bengali fiction transcending national borders
A conversation with V Ramaswamy and Shahroza Nahrin about translating one of the most unique literary voices of Bangladesh.
Harper Broadcast
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‘I sometimes wonder why I translate. It expands something in you’: Translator Sasha Dugdale
An interview on translating from Russian, poetry, and publishing.
Anita Gopalan
Video
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Watch: Actor Arbaaz Khan introduces himself as Roger Federer for an advertisement
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Video: White Sun, the band known for musical renditions of yoga mantras, wins second Grammy
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‘They are just barking, they don’t bite’: Prakash Raj on those who wanted to boycott ‘Pathaan’
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Grammy 2023 speeches: From Beyoncé to Kim Petras, what the winners who made history said
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‘Hold on to my fur’: Musician remixes cat’s meowing to create this song (and others)
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How to translate Perumal Murugan: Nandini Krishnan on her experience with ‘Estuary’
An interview with the first-time translator, who is an author of two non-fiction books.
Jaya Bhattacharji Rose
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‘I don’t see translation as something done for glory. It’s a very serious business’: Rita Kothari
An interview with translator Rita Kothari on the practice, politics and problems of the art.
Suhasini Patni
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The ministry of utmost translation: Lenka Lichtenberg on translating Arundhati Roy into Czech
‘You have to use all your sensitivity to create the same feeling and impact in a completely different language.’
Ipshita Mitra
The Reel
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Amit Trivedi lets his music do the talking: ‘There’s one life. We take it way too seriously’
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Start the week with a film: Horses and a quietly thumping heart in ‘The Rider’
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‘Class’ review: An immersive and revealing show about privilege
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‘Jehanabad – Of Love & War’ review: A heavily spiced account of an audacious jailbreak
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‘Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat’ review: A throbbing musical about forbidden passion
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Meet Marilyn Booth, translator of the Man Booker International Prize winner ‘Celestial Bodies’
A pre-Man Booker interview with the American academician who translated Omani author Jokha Alharthi’s ‘Sayyidat al-Qamr’ from Arabic.
Marcia Lynx Qualey
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How Mahasweta Devi’s historical romance, starring courtesans and thugs, was translated into English
An interview with Shamya Dasgupta, Devi’s nephew and the translator of ‘Mirror Of The Darkest Night’ (‘Laayl-e Aasmaaner Aayna’ in the original).
Jai Arjun Singh
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How do you select and translate Urdu ghazals by 65 poets written over 500 years? Ask Anisur Rahman
The writer and translator explains how he selected the ghazals for his comprehensive collection, ‘Hazaaron Khwahishein Aisi’ and how the form has evolved.
Maaz Bin Bilal
The Field
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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup: Darcie Brown bags four-for as Australia beat India in warmup game
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Premier League: Harry Kane eyes all-time record after becoming leading scorer for Spurs
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Tennis rankings: Novak Djokovic inches closer to all-time record, Iga Swiatek continues to dominate
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Football: Manchester City charged by Premier League over alleged breaches of financial rules
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ICC Women’s T20 World Cup: Australia’s Meg Lanning – ‘There’s a fair bit I still want to achieve’