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Jumpstart, 28-29 Aug 2013

Jumpstart this year was focused on talking, discussing, tackling issues in children’s literature in a range of languages. The discussions were not necessarily confined
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Guest post: Rohini Chowdhury, translator of “Bosky’s Panchatantra”

11 09 , 2013 No Comments

( I invited Rohini Chowdhury to talk about her experience in translating Bosky’s Panchatantra for Red Turtle. She translated Gulzar’s verse rendition of Panchatantra. She is a widely published
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PrintWeek India Books Special 2013

07 09 , 2013 No Comments

The Books Special 2013 is out! I have collaborated with PrintWeek India for the past eight months on this project. It consists of over 25
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One to One: Jaya Bhattacharji Rose, Vol. No. 7, No. 8 & 9, Jul – Aug 2013

04 09 , 2013 No Comments

Mr S.K. Ghai, Managing Director, Sterling Publishers (P) Ltd is responsible for the Institute of Book Publishing and Publishing Today, A monthly of the book industry and
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Robin Sloan, “Mr Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore”

01 09 , 2013 No Comments

That is super-depressing. If I made five million dollars selling books, I’d want people to carry me around in a palanquin constructed from the first
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Ashim Choudhury’s “The Sergeant’s Son”, Review, publ in The Hindu Literary Supplement

01 09 , 2013 No Comments

( My review of Ashim Choudhury’s The Sergeant’s Son has been published in the print edition of the Hindu Literary Supplement today. Here is the link: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-literaryreview/narrow-little-lives/article5080469.ece .
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Naveen Kishore, Publisher, Seagull’s acceptance speech for the Goethe Medal, Weimar, 28 Aug 2013

29 08 , 2013 No Comments

( From the Goethe Institute website. In an outstanding way and at the highest level, Naveen Kishore represents dialogue and cultural cooperation between India and
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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

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

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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