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‘Why get hung up on morality?’ | Arshia Sattar on her new book Vasanta, a collection of Sanskrit plays in English

Jan 16, 2025 | thehindu.com | Nandini Bhatia

In the literary world, translation is god’s work. Translators bring back old stories for new readers, building bridges between languages known and unknown. In her latest, Vasanta: Stories from Sanskrit Plays (Juggernaut), translator and writer Arshia Sattar revisits Sanskrit plays by Kalidasa, Vishakhadatta, Mahendravarman, Harsha and Shudraka, among others, and transforms them into short stories, shifting gears not just between languages but also formats.
‘Why get hung up on morality?’ | Arshia Sattar on her new book Vasanta, a collection of Sanskrit plays in English

Jan 16, 2025 | flipboard.com | Nandini Bhatia

25 Mystical Girl Names With a Touch of WonderBabies are truly tiny bundles of wonder, full of magic that can’t quite be explained. It’s almost as if they hold secrets of the universe in their …
Melancholy mountains | Review of Olga Tokarczuk’s ‘The Empusium’, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Nov 28, 2024 | thehindu.com | Nandini Bhatia

Piercing through the alpine mist, an “unhealthy” face emerges and enters the world’s first sanatorium in Görbersdorf (present-day Sokołowsko in Poland), where “[e]very breath is curative” because doctors are convinced that open mountain air is all one needs to be cured of tuberculosis.
Book review | Translucent view: Set in a small coastal town facing the Arabian Sea, Sonali Prasad’s debut novel looks beyond the superficial calm and quiet of the sea and sea-adjacent regions to peer into the lives of two mother-daughter pairs - Telegraph

Nov 28, 2024 | telegraphindia.com | Nandini Bhatia

Set in a small coastal town facing the Arabian Sea, Sonali Prasad’s debut novel looks beyond the superficial calm and quiet of the sea and sea-adjacent regions to peer into the lives of two mother-daughter pairs Nandini Bhatia Published 29.11.24, 07:31 AM Representational image Stocksy Book: GLASS BOTTOM Author: Sonali Prasad Published by: Picador Price: Rs 499 Set in a small coastal town facing the Arabian Sea, Sonali Prasad’s debut novel looks beyond the superficial calm and quiet of the...
An Irish weekend caper | Review of Booker-longlisted ‘Wild Houses’ by Colin Barrett

Nov 8, 2024 | thehindu.com | Nandini Bhatia

Amidst the biggest local event of the year in Ireland’s County Mayo, the Ferdia brothers show up unannounced at Dev Hendrick’s house with an unwelcome guest, Doll English. On the other end of the county, Doll’s brother, Cillian, girlfriend Nicky, and mother, Sheila, when they find out that Doll is missing, are cornered into paying off the drug debt that Cillian owes, in under two days.
Beyond the blue orb | Review of 2024 Booker-shortlisted ‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey

Nov 7, 2024 | thehindu.com | Nandini Bhatia

When one thinks of space, it is hard not to be enamoured by its endless vastness. We continue to romanticise earth’s celestial existence and view the moon with a lover’s eye. English novelist Samantha Harvey’s Booker Prize-shortlisted Orbital, set in raw space that is “a panther, feral and primal”, reclaims the lesser-known side of this orbital romance, by taking out the fantasy from the genre.
Review of Sanam Sutirath Wazir’s The Kaurs of 1984 - The Untold, Unheard Stories of Sikh Women: Displaced and forgotten

Oct 31, 2024 | thehindu.com | Nandini Bhatia

In 2018, the Delhi High Court quoted an Amrita Pritam poem that invokes the Heer-Ranjha poet Waris Shah — both notable figures in Punjabi literature — to describe the unruly state of Punjab and Delhi in 1984, as it convicted Sajjan Kumar, a former Congress leader, for his role in the anti-Sikh riots: “Seeds of hatred have grown high, bloodshed is everywhere/ Poisoned breeze in forest turned bamboo flutes into snakes/ Their venom has turned the bright and rosy Punjab all blue”.
Interview with Peter K. Steinberg, editor of ‘The Collected Prose of Sylvia Plath’

Oct 25, 2024 | thehindu.com | Nandini Bhatia

Writer and archivist Peter K. Steinberg has spent 30 years compiling, editing and archiving materials on the life and work of Sylvia Plath, who would have turned 92 today. Often seen in light of her tragedies and not her achievements and skill, Plath remains one of the most misunderstood writers/ poets of 20th century. Steinberg wishes to change this narrative. He has previously co-edited The Letters of Sylvia Plath (Vol.
Celebrating the art and imagination of K.G. Subramanyan in his centenary year

Oct 23, 2024 | thehindu.com | Nandini Bhatia

The genius of Kalpathi Ganpathi Subramanyan (1924-2016), widely known by his initials ‘K.G.’ or fondly addressed as ‘Mani-da’ in academic circles, extends beyond his body of work. He has been a stalwart of art (and its discourses) in modern India and continues to occupy a notable space in the field, even in his centennial year.
The novel Twain did not write

Oct 19, 2024 | deccanherald.com | Nandini Bhatia

The novel Twain did not writeJim, or as Everett re-imagines him, James, owns the story of his escape, as is owed to him.

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Nandini Bhatia

Articles

‘Why get hung up on morality?’ | Arshia Sattar on her new book Vasanta, a collection of Sanskrit plays in English

‘Why get hung up on morality?’ | Arshia Sattar on her new book Vasanta, a collection of Sanskrit plays in English

Melancholy mountains | Review of Olga Tokarczuk’s ‘The Empusium’, translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones

Book review | Translucent view: Set in a small coastal town facing the Arabian Sea, Sonali Prasad’s debut novel looks beyond the superficial calm and quiet of the sea and sea-adjacent regions to peer into the lives of two mother-daughter pairs - Telegraph

An Irish weekend caper | Review of Booker-longlisted ‘Wild Houses’ by Colin Barrett

Beyond the blue orb | Review of 2024 Booker-shortlisted ‘Orbital’ by Samantha Harvey

Review of Sanam Sutirath Wazir’s The Kaurs of 1984 - The Untold, Unheard Stories of Sikh Women: Displaced and forgotten

Interview with Peter K. Steinberg, editor of ‘The Collected Prose of Sylvia Plath’

Celebrating the art and imagination of K.G. Subramanyan in his centenary year

The novel Twain did not write

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