Ooh for Malayalam - Randamoozham translated as Bhima: Lone Warrior by Gita Krishnankutty. Also Aadujeevitham by Benyaman translated as "Goat Days". >From Bengali, Manoranjan Byapari's "Interrogating My Chandal Life" (his autobiography tr by Sipra Mukherjee) and "There's Gunpowder in the Air" (tr Arunava Sinha) There's of course a tonne of Premchand and Manto's stuffs to read from Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani (pick as per political preference) but personally I recommend "Curfew in the City" by VN Rai (tr CM Naim). It's fiction but it's so close to fact that you'd think you're walking through an actual riot hit city and talking to its inhabitants.
On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 8:45 PM Thaths via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 6:38 AM Venkatesh H R via Silklist < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Thaths’ previous thread made me think: I would very much like to read at >> least one translated book from each Indian language that has a written >> literature. >> >> Can you give me a list of books to read, along with the languages + >> translated versions? Either fiction and non fiction will do. >> > > +1. Good idea! I am usually wary of books translated from Indian languages > into English because, in my experience, the quality of translation was > lacking. But I have read some really good translations recently and I > believe the trend is changing for the better. > > Two books come to mind for me: > > 1. The Eighteenth Parallel by Asokamitran (translated from Tamil) > > 2. Ghachar Ghochar by Vivek Shanbhag (translated from Kannada by Srinath > Perur) > > The Sahitya Akademy's list of award winners > <https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp> (if > you can find those books in translation) is also a good place to begin. > > Thaths > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl: Unless you're crooked. > Homer: Woo-hoo! > _______________________________________________ > Silklist mailing list > Manage your membership here: > https://lists.digeratus.in/postorius/lists/silklist.lists.digeratus.in/ -- Alok Prasanna Kumar Advocate Ph: +919560065577
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