Let There Be Translations: Why India Must Embrace Its Multilingual Literary Wealth
A few years ago, I embarked on a rather tedious quest to find the English translation of Agnisakshi, a novel of the popular Malayalam writer Lalithambika Antharjanam. Needless to say, it was not as easy as popping into the neighbourhood
The Dawn of Digital Magazines: A New Era for Literary Publishing in India
Through the dawn of the online magazines, only time will tell the fate of the traditional ones; however the clash may be, it’s the good content that must win.
Widowhood, Patriarchy, and the Power of Change: Marking International Widows Day
Bani Basu’s seminal novel Swet Patharer Thala was published in 1990. In 2020, I felt the need to translate into English this powerful story about a young widow, who is left to face life with a small child dependent on
