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18. A Glimpse of My Life: Autobiography of the Indian Revolutionary Ram Prasad ‘Bismil’, translated by Awadhesh Tripathi (Hindi) Penguin India penguin.co.in/book/a-glimpse…

What does it mean to return—to a city, a house, a family that no longer fits? Ramachandran Usha’s Unmoored captures a Chennai rarely seen, where class, caste, and kinship quietly collide: tinyurl.com/mwpsmt4p

To read across languages reminds us how little we know. It’s a practice in humility. One language was never enough. These three books from our Chronicles series cross linguistic, historical, and formal thresholds, reminding us there’s always more to learn.

Jawad Memorial Prize invites translations of Urdu non-fiction relating to the theme of 'Justice'. Translators are invited to submit translations into English of a single Urdu essay, khaka (pen portrait). Submission window June 1-August 15, '25. Details: alijawadzaidi.com/copy-of-2024-d…

“…a compulsively readable work whose foreignness is not hostility but rather an invitation for camaraderie.” – Scroll.in. HIDDEN TREASURE masterfully condenses a lifetime of desire, repression, and rebellion into fewer than a hundred pages.

This translation bridges two entirely different language families, Germanic and Dravidian, and brings a German novel into the emotional and philosophical cadence of Malayalam. Today, we’re spotlighting the Malayalam translation of Jenny Erpenbeck’s KAIROS by Babu Thaliath.

An Account of 19th-Century Western India in Narmadashankar Dave's Autobiography Digvijay Nikam✍️ thewire.in/books/narmadas…

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After a historic win for Indian and Kannada literature, International Booker Prize–winning translator Deepa Bhasthi shares how language, context, and cultural memory shape her work—and why translation is no lesser art. Read more: tinyurl.com/45zdau4j

The Indian Express Research team worked on a series 'Languages of India' last month to celebrate the multifarious world of South Asian languages & contemplate over the politics around them. 🧵of our stories below! specials.indianexpress.com/the-colourful-…

Submissions for The Mozhi Prize 2025 are now open! Please find more details about the prize, critical dates and other information here: mozhispaces.in/the-mozhi-priz…

Submissions for the 2025 Mozhi Prize are now open! To celebrate, we’re rereading THE MOZHI PRIZE ANTHOLOGY 1, a collection of Tamil short stories so sharp they practically purr. This year’s jury features ACT Co-Director Arunava Sinha (Arunava Sinha). Visit Mozhi for details!

“My Truth is a record that undoes the myth of Narmad.” – The Wire Narmadashankar Dave’s MY TRUTH, translated by Abhijit Kothari, is one of the first modern autobiographies in an Indian language. Written in Gujarati in 1866, it is now available in English.

Three books show how unity in diversity fuelled the spirit of Independence, dispelled hate. Mandira Nayar writes in The Tribune #SpectrumTheTribune mandira nayar Penguin India Speaking Tiger tribuneindia.com/news/book-revi…

When words cross borders, new worlds emerge. We're thrilled to welcome Peggy Mohan as keynote speaker at BHASHAVAAD 2.0, our national translation conference! 🗓 Aug 29–30 📍 India International Centre, New Delhi 🎟 Register now: forms.gle/NTt1Kjhz6qscAt…

How do translators become ambassadors of their practice—and their culture? In this profile of frequent contributor and translation superstar Anton Hur, Soumashree Sarkar considers the ways translators like Hur challenge simple narratives in their work: thewire.in/books/translat…

38. My Truth: Autobiography of Narmadashankar Dave, translated by Abhijit Kothari (Gujarati) Penguin India penguin.co.in/book/my-truth/

Are you an undergrad or postgrad student interested in translation? Apply to present your work at BHASHAVAAD 2.0, our national translation conference at IIC, New Delhi, on 29–30 August 2025. Deadline: 30 June. More details in the post.

We’re thrilled to welcome Khalid Jawed, author of the award-winning The Paradise of Food and one of the most distinctive voices in Urdu fiction, to BHASHAVAAD 2.0 for a panel on Translating the Hidden. 🗓 August 29–30, 2025 |📍 IIC, New Delhi 🔗 Register now. Link in bio.

We’re honoured to welcome Ajay Navaria, acclaimed author of Unclaimed Terrain and a leading voice in contemporary Hindi literature, to BHASHAVAAD 2.0 for a panel on Translating the Hidden. 🗓 August 29–30, 2025 |📍 IIC, New Delhi 🔗 Register now. Link in bio.