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#DesiBooks10QA: Dibyajyoti Sarma on translating Indira Goswami’s Five Novellas About Women
Dibyajyoti Sarma discusses translating Indira Goswami’s Five Novellas About Women and his own favorite desi books in #DesiBooks10QA.
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#DesiLitBiz Community Question: On getting starting in literary translation
This is a series within the #DesiLitBiz channel to answer questions from the Desi Books community about writing, translating, publishing, the book biz, the literary life, etc. Where feasible, other desi writers, translators, or publishing professionals will be invited to share their expertise/advice as well. Go to https://bit.ly/desilitbizquestion to send in your question. This week’s…
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#DesiBooks10QA: Ari Gautier on going beyond the tourist brochures into Pondicherry’s rich past
Ari Gautier discusses his latest novel, The Thinnai (translated by Blake Smith), and his own favorite desi books in #DesiBooks10QA.
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#DesiLitBiz: Vishes Kothari on Rajasthani Bhasha Academy
Vishes Kothari discusses the work being done by the Rajasthani Bhasha Academy on #DesiLitBiz.
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#DesiLitBiz: Sarina Prabasi on how activism and writing go together; #DesiBoost: Haider Shahbaz on his favorite desi works
Hello and welcome to Episode 20 of DesiBooks — news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. In today’s episode, we have Sarina Prabasi in our #DesiLitBiz segment. She’s an activist, coffeeshop founder, and writer of the memoir: The Coffeehouse Resistance: Bringing Hope…
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#FiveDesiFaves: Guruprasad Kaginele on his favorite desi works in translation; #DesiBoost: Saumya Dave on her favorite desi works
Hello and welcome to Episode 15 of DesiBooks — news and views about desi literature from the world over. I’m your host, Jenny Bhatt. Thank you for tuning in. In today’s episode, we have Saumya Dave sharing her favorite three works by desi writers in our #DesiBoost segment. And we have Guruprasad Kaginele sharing his…
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