Guest Post: Aditi Maheshwari, publisher, and Tomoko Kikuchi, translator discuss “Neerav Sandhya Ka Shahar: Sakura Ka Desh”

Guest Post: Aditi Maheshwari, publisher, and Tomoko Kikuchi, translator discuss “Neerav Sandhya Ka Shahar: Sakura Ka Desh”

28 08 , 2013 No Comments
Last month I heard about an interesting translation project — Neerav Sandhya Ka Shahar: Sakura Ka Desh. It was a Hindi translation (2013) of a Japanese
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Guest post: Paro Anand, storytelling in multiple tongues to children

Guest post: Paro Anand, storytelling in multiple tongues to children

26 08 , 2013 No Comments
  In Nov 2003, Paro Anand and I were invited by the French Government to attend the salon de livre jeunesse. It was a wonderful
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Prof. Alok Rai, writer and translator

Prof. Alok Rai, writer and translator

26 08 , 2013 3 Comments
Prof. Alok Rai, Ex Faculty, Department of English, University of Delhi. Born and bred in Allahabad, Prof. Alok  Rai grew up in an affluent Hindi –
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Chitra Banerjee Divakurni “Oleander Girl”

Chitra Banerjee Divakurni “Oleander Girl”

26 08 , 2013 No Comments
  Oleander Girl. Chitra Banerjee Divakurni’s latest novel. It is about Korbi, who was orphaned at birth and is brought up by her maternal grandparents
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Guest post: Gouri Dange, “What not to do at a book launch”

Guest post: Gouri Dange, “What not to do at a book launch”

26 08 , 2013 No Comments
( Gouri Dange is a writer, editor and counsellor. She blogs at http://gouridange.blogspot.in/ . We have been friends on Facebook for a while now. I read this post
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Guest post: Arundhati Deosthale writes about her collaboration with Julia Kaergel

Guest post: Arundhati Deosthale writes about her collaboration with Julia Kaergel

22 08 , 2013 2 Comments
Arundhati Deosthale, co-founder A&A Book Trust, writes about her experience in translating the Mimi series into Hindi and her collaboration with award-winning German illustrator Julia
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Guest post: Arunava Sinha on translating for children and adults

Guest post: Arunava Sinha on translating for children and adults

22 08 , 2013 No Comments
  When I heard that Arunava Sinha would be attending JumpStart as a panelist. I wrote him immediately. I was curious to know if he changed
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Arunava Sinha on translating Buddhadeva Bose’s classic “Tithodore” and the future of translations.

Arunava Sinha on translating Buddhadeva Bose’s classic “Tithodore” and the future of translations.

22 08 , 2013 No Comments
  ( This was an interview with Arunava Sinha, translator, that I did in 2011 for the Hindu. The original url is here: http://www.thehindu.com/features/magazine/leave-nothing-out-add-nothing/article2539907.ece )   Arunava
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Translations, children’s literature, Jumpstart 2013

Translations, children’s literature, Jumpstart 2013

21 08 , 2013 2 Comments
    During my childhood I was fortunate to have read many stories published in the former Soviet Union. Some of my favourites were and
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Jumpstart, “Speaking in Tongues”, 29-30 Aug 2013, New Delhi

Jumpstart, “Speaking in Tongues”, 29-30 Aug 2013, New Delhi

18 08 , 2013 No Comments
Jumpstart is an annual platform provided in India by the German Book Office (GBO) that is targeted specifically at professionals within the children’s book industry,
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