4 Aug 2024
富士山で山頂で雹に降られ、止むのを待ち下山したら7合目過ぎで日没。私はナイトハイクよくやるので慣れてますが、登ってくる100人位の人達のヘッドライト着用率の低さに驚き。体感3割で残りは懐中電灯か無灯火。野宿と思われる人も多数。準備ちゃんとしよう。危ないよ。 #ReadinTranslation #mtfuji
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8 Sep 2022
But, written with Byapari’s characteristic candour, #Imaan did not make me sad at all. On the contrary, its black humour made me smile, even laugh out loud at some places. — #HansdaSowvendraShekhar
#translatedfiction #readintranslation #foundintranslation
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7 Sep 2022
#SongoftheSoil chronicles the Gorkhaland movement in Nepal in the 1980s. Chuden Kabimo situates such strife amidst the friendship of two boys and their desire to find one’s lost father.
#readintranslation #foundintranslation #indiannovelscollective
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5 Jul 2022
Translated profoundly and in the most nuanced manner, from the Urdu by the highly erudite and observant, author and historian, Rana Safvi, this is one read you wouldn't want to miss.
#translationtuesday #upcomingrelease #readintranslation #foundintranslation
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5 Jul 2022
From International Booker Prize-winning author Jokha Alharthi, #BitterOrangeTree is an exploration of social status, wealth, desire, and female agency. It presents a mosaic portrait of one young woman’s attempt to understand the roots she has grown from,...
#readintranslation
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25 Jun 2022
“Though Punjabi translation has picked up in the past 2-3 decades, it is far behind when compared with Bangla and Malayalam and even Hindi,” shares #NirupamaDutt with the Outlook in bit.ly/3Oq5u48
#readintranslation #punjabiliterature #needfortranslation #inthenews
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17 Jun 2022
To know Delhi, or just perhaps to know what it is like to love in Delhi, there is no better book than this one, most eruditely and gracefully translated from the Hindi by Akhil Katyal.
#fridayfollows #bookrecommendation #translatedfiction #readintranslation
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7 Jun 2022
The Booker win shines light on independent publishers who have been working on translating Indian literature before it became a buzzword. Read The Week's article to know about a few: bit.ly/38Vk3Nx
#inthenews #independentpublishers #indianlit #readintranslation
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3 Mar 2022
#womensday is just round the corner. Tell us which #womenintranslation you have in mind for your book stack for #femmemarch?
#readdiversely #readintranslation #translatedfiction #indianwriting #indiannovelscollective
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8 Feb 2022
"Translators are like ninjas. If you notice them, they’re no good.” - Etgar Keret
Translators control how stories are told, but often don't get the credit they deserve @jenniferlcroft
theguardian.com/books/2021/s…
#translation #translators #bilingual #readintranslation
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29 Jan 2022
She has also translated from English to Hindi and Bengali to English. She has previously worked with OUP India, Random House India and was the Editorial Head at Konark Publishers.
#knowyourtranslator #indiannovelscollective #readintranslation #foundintranslation #indianwriters
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25 Jan 2022
The grand dame of Hindi literature, Sahitya Akademi fellowship and Jnanpith Award-winner #KrishnaSobti was a writer and essayist. Remembering this fearless voice on her #deathanniversary, today.
#hindiliterature #womenwhowrite #foundintranslation #readintranslation
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13 Jan 2022
Remembering one of the most beloved and formidable literary icons Nabaneeta Dev Sen on her #birthanniversary today.
#nabaneetadevsen #bengaliliterature #womenwhowrite #womenwriters #readintranslation #foundintranslation #celebratingauthors #indianwriters
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1 Jan 2022
Hoping you discover the spaces and places you are looking for between the pages of a book this year.
#readdiversely #readintranslation #happynewyear
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18 Dec 2021
Talking about tolerance, rebellion and love, both the books remind us of the time when Indians came forward as one to protect their motherland. Have you read either?
#bestellers #translation #readindianfiction #readintranslation #foundintranslation #indiannovelscollective
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12 Dec 2021
The book comes with an introduction about the author, placing him in the Tamil literary tradition by David Shulman and a short, poignant memoir by Uma Shankari. Now available across bookstores, have you chanced upon it?
#bookstoread #indianliterature #readintranslation
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4 Dec 2021
As the year comes to an end, tell us which was your favourite translation from 2021, and why? We would love to feature your recommendations through this month.
#indiannovels #readintranslation #foundintranslation #translatedfiction #bookrecommendations #readindianlit
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9 Nov 2021
Featuring memorable works by, among others, #Ambai, #Bama, #PerumalMurugan, & #Poomani, the 30 stories in this collection, selected and edited by Sujatha Vijayaraghavan and Mini Krishnan, come together to paint a striking picture of the Tamil people.
#readintranslation
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23 Sep 2021
A fantastic and liberating read, the book has been brilliantly translated by @shreedaisy from the Urdu.
#bookrecommendations #internationalbestsellers #comparisons #ifyoureadthis #readindianlit #readintranslation #foundintranslation #translatedfiction #indiannovelscollective
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16 Sep 2021
Durrell speaks of animals as pets, while #MahadeviVarma speaks of them as companions and as her family. The book makes you rethink your affection towards all living creatures and perhaps, look at how empathy is carried out in society.
#hindiliterature #readintranslation
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