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"Welcome to Harshaneeyam, where we've been podcasting about Telugu literary fiction and its authors for the past three years.

Recently, our focus has shifted to English translations, featuring discussions with renowned translators worldwide. We'd like to express our gratitude to each of them for their time and support.

In each episode, we offer a glimpse into the translator's craft, delve into contemporary literary trends in their language, and discuss a book they've translated into English. A...

Quyen Nguyen-Hoang is a writer, translator and art curator born in Vietnam. Her poems and translations have appeared in Poetry Magazine, Jacket 2, the Margins, and various literary anthologies. She is a Stanford University graduate, a 2020 PEN/Heim Translation grant recipient and a winner of the Winter/Spring 2022 Gabo Prize for Literature in Translation. She is pursuing a PhD at Stanford University.

Chronicles of a Village is set in an anonymous Vietnamese village based on the author’s persona...

Ann Goldstein has been an editor and the head of copy desk at New Yorker Magazine. She worked for the magazine for over 40 years. She has translated works of Famous Italian Writers like Elena Ferrante and Paolo Pasolini. She is the editor of The Complete Works of Primo Levi in English. She has received a Guggenheim fellowship, the PEN Renato Poggioli prize, and awards from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She was the panel chair for translated...

In the ongoing series of Conversations we are having with reputed translators from across the world - we have with us today Dr Uilleam Blacker, who is an Associate Professor of Ukrainian and East European Culture at University College London.

In this episode, We can hear him talking about his translations, contemporary Ukrainian Literature, how the ongoing war affected Writers, the book,' Life Went On Anyway' and its author, Oleg Sentsov.

Dr.Uilleam Black is the author of 'Memory, the City and...

In this episode, Anurag Basnet speaks about his stint in the publishing industry, his love for translations and his much-lauded work ‘ Fruits of the Barren Tree’, which is translated from the award-winning Nepali novel ‘Phoolange’ written by author Lekhnath Chetri.

‘Fruits of the Barren Tree’ depicts the plight of an ordinary man caught in the Gorkhaland movement of the late 1980s, which focused on creating a separate state out of the Darjeeling region. It is the story of a failed campaign and ...

Today, Award-winning Translator and editor Daniel Hahn is talking about his approach to translations, Evaluating a work of translation and his translation of the Portuguese novel 'Resistance' by Julian Fuks.


Daniel Hahn is a writer, editor, and translator with around a hundred books to his credit. His work includes translations from Europe, Africa, and the Americas (encompassing fiction, nonfiction, children’s books, and plays) and many nonfiction books, including The Oxford Companion to Chil...

Born in 1954 in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan, Dr. Hamid Ismailov is a Uzbek journalist and writer. He was forced to leave Uzbekistan in 1992 due to what the state dubbed ‘unacceptable democratic tendencies’. He came to the United Kingdom, where he took a job with the BBC World Service, where he worked for 25 years.

In addition to journalism, Ismailov is a prolific writer of poetry and prose, and his books have been published in Uzbek, Russian, French, German, Turkish, English and other languages. His wor...

Prabda Yoon is an Artist, Filmmaker, writer, publisher and translator. He Lives in Bangkok, Thailand.

After studying Graphic Design and visual communication in the US, he embarked on a prolific career, authoring a remarkable collection of twenty fiction books, encompassing both short stories and novels.

As a designer, Yoon designed over 100 book covers, lending his creative touch to numerous publications. His artistic works have been exhibited regularly in Thailand and Japan, gaining recogniti...

Daisy Rockwell is a translator and an artist. She has translated many classic works of Hindi and Urdu literature, including Upendranath Ashk's Falling Walls, Bhisham Sahni's Tamas, and Khadija Mastur's The Women's Courtyard. Her 2021 translation of Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand was the first South Asian book to win the International Booker Prize. Rockwell was awarded the 2023 Vani Foundation Distinguished Translator Award by the Vani Foundation and Teamwork Arts during the 2023 edition of the ...

In this episode, Ms.Ministhy S. Nair, an IAS officer Of the Uttar Pradesh cadre, spoke about her literary journey, translations, and about the experience of translating works of Malayalam writer VJ James.

She translates between four languages: English, Malayalam, Hindi, and Avadhi.

Her translation of The Poison of Love by Malayalam novelist K.R. Meera was longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017, and The Unseeing Idol of Light by the same author was shortlisted for the Cros...

In this episode, Ms.Priyamvada Ramkumar talks about her literary journey, Translating Tamil writer Sri.Jeyamohan’s ‘Aram’ short stories into English and her future projects in translation.

(00:08) Introduction

(01:36) Priyamvada's Early Literary Journey

(05:22) Transition into Translation

(13:03) Challenges and Learnings in Translation

(16:50) The Process of Translating 'Stories of the True'

(22:26) Exploring the Themes in 'Stories of the True'

(41:23) Collaboration with Fellow Translator...

In this episode, Arunava Sinha talks about the methodology of translation and about 'Hospital' a novel which he translated from Bangla into English.

Arunava Sinha translates Bengali fiction and nonfiction into English, and from English into Bengali. Over Seventy-five of his translations have been published so far.

He won the Crossword translation award twice for his work. Besides India, his translations have been published in the UK and the US as well as in several European and Asian countries...

In today's Episode Dr.Vanamala Viswanatha Spoke to Harshaneeyam about her journey into world of translations, various aspects of it at Legnth.

An independent scholar and translator, Dr. Vanamala Viswanatha taught English language and literature for over four decades in premiere institutions in Bengaluru such as the Indian Institute of Science, Regional Institute of English, PG Centre of Bangalore University, and Azim Premji University. She is a bilingual scholar who has written in Kannada and E...

In today's Episode Dr.Vanamala Viswanatha Spoke to Harshaneeyam about her journey into world of translations, various aspects of it at Legnth.

An independent scholar and translator, Dr. Vanamala Viswanatha taught English language and literature for over four decades in premiere institutions in Bengaluru such as the Indian Institute of Science, Regional Institute of English, PG Centre of Bangalore University, and Azim Premji University. She is a bilingual scholar who has written in Kannada and E...

Suchitra Ramachandran is the Translator of the novel 'The Abyss'. It's a translation of the Tamil novel 'Ezham Ulagam' Written by Jeyamohan.

In this conversation, she spoke about her literary influences, the book, and the translation effort.

She has published a limited-edition volume of illustrated English translations of Tamil Sangam-era poems (Kuruntokai—Love, Loss, Landscapes, Mulligatawny Books, Chennai, 2016). Suchitra has a doctoral degree in biological sciences from Carnegie Mellon Univ...

Aniruddhan Vasudevan is a sociocultural anthropologist who writes and translates between Tamil and English. Vasudevan holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Texas at Austin and now teaches at Princeton University, New Jersey.

His translations include One Part Woman, A Lonely Harvest, and Trial by Silence by Perumal Murugan, and A Night with a Black Spider by Ambai.

His area of research is 'how people form structures of care, outside of traditional forms of family and community'. ...

ఈ ఎపిసోడ్ లో సునీత రత్నాకరం గారు పతంజలి శాస్త్రి గారి రచనలపై పాఠకురాలిగా తన అభిప్రాయాన్ని చెబుతూ, ఆయన రాసిన వీర నాయకుడు నవలను సమీక్షిస్తారు. సునీతా రత్నాకరం గారు ఇండియన్ ఇన్స్టిట్యూట్ అఫ్ మానేజ్మెంట్ లక్నో లో పీహెచ్డీ చేశారు. ప్రస్తుతం జిందాల్ గ్లోబల్ యూనివర్సిటీ లో అసోసియేట్ ప్రొఫెసర్ గా పని చేస్తున్నారు.
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‘Following a Prayer’ is a novel about three inquisitive young girls. Kalpana, a twelve-year-old girl in a village nestled in the dense hills of the Western Ghats, goes missing one morning. When she returns, she has gone silent. Nothing can get her to speak. What happened in those three days that she went missing? What prevents her from communicating with her parents and sister except through notes and scribbles? As the village prepares to celebrate the annual Deepavali festival, a rumour spreads...

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE - Novel 'Brotherless Night' which was released this January is written by VV Ganeshananthan.
'Brotherless Night' Can be purchased at -

https://amzn.to/3WuRlHy

Set during the early years of Sri Lanka’s three-decade civil war, Brotherless Night is a heartrending portrait of one woman’s moral journey and a testament to both the enduring impact of war and the bonds of home.

The Author of the 'Brotherless Night' - V.V. Ganeshananthan, is a fiction writer and journali...

Ms Gita Ramaswamy Ramaswamy co-founded the 'Hyderabad Book Trust' in 1980 and published several books in Telugu and English. In today's conversation, we will learn about her new initiative, 'South Side Books,' which primarily aims to translate South Indian fiction and non-fiction into English, the reasons behind its creation, and get a glimpse of recent and upcoming releases.

This is the link to buy books from 'South Side Books' Publications from the 'Hyderabad Book Trust' website -

https://hy...

’ఆశ – ఆశంక’ అనే ఈ కథ డాక్టర్ సౌవేంద్ర శేఖర్ హన్సడా గారు రాసిన ఆంగ్ల కథా సంపుటం ‘The Adivasi will not dance’ నించి స్వీకరించబడిన ‘Desire, Devination, Death’ అనే కథకు తెలుగు అనువాదం . ( కథ ఆంగ్ల మూలం – https://ur.booksc.eu/dl/28680189/d870eb)

ఈ పుస్తకం ‘ Speaking Tiger Publications’ ద్వారా ప్రచురింపబడింది. 2015 సంవత్సరానికి ఈయన కేంద్ర సాహిత్య అకాడెమి యువ పురస్కారం గెలుచుకున్నారు. వృత్తిరీత్యా ప్రభుత్వ వైద్యులు.
ఈ కథను శ్రావ్యంగా, భావ స్ఫోరకంగా హర్షణీయం కు చదివించిన స్వాతి గారికి కృతఙ్ఞతలు.
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డాక్టర్ భంగ్యా భూక్యా యూనివర్సిటీ అఫ్ వార్విక్ నించి పీ ఎచ్ డీ చేశారు. గోండుల చరిత్ర మీద విశేషమైన పరిశోధన చేసి, Roots of the Periphery: A History of the Gonds of Deccan India (2017) అనే పుస్తకాన్ని రాసారు. oxford university press ఈ పుస్తకాన్ని ప్రచురించింది. డాక్టర్ భూక్యా, యూనివర్సిటీ అఫ్ హైదరాబాద్ లో హిస్టరీ ప్రొఫెసర్ గా పనిచేస్తున్నారు.

ఈ ఎపిసోడ్ లో డాక్టర్ భంగ్యా భూక్యా తన చారిత్రిక అధ్యయనాన్ని గురించి గోండుల చరిత్ర, నేటి వారి జీవన స్థితిగతుల గురించి, గోండు జాతికి చెందిన గిరిజనోద్యమ నాయకుడు...

*ఈ కథకు మాతృక , తమిళ రచయిత జెయమోహన్ రచించిన ‘అఱం’ సంపుటంలోని ‘కోట్టి’ అనే కథ. ‘అఱం’ లోని కథలన్నీ నిజజీవితంలో జెయమోహన్‍కు తారసపడ్డ గొప్ప వ్యక్తుల గురించి రాసినవి. కథలోని పాత్రధారి పూమేడై రామయ్య (1924-96), నాగర్కోయిల్ నివాసి. స్వాతంత్ర సమరయోధుడు, సామాజిక కార్యకర్త. ప్రతి రోజూ సాయంత్రం, ఊరి మైదానంలో, ఆయన స్థానిక సమస్యలపై నిర్వహించే సమావేశాలు, సమస్యలను విపులీకరించడమే కాక ప్రజలను ఆకట్టుకునేవి. రాజకీయ, అధికార యంత్రాంగాలను కదిలించేవి.
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'అఱం' సంపుటాన్ని ఆంగ్లంలోకి ప్రియంవద రాంకుమా...

ఈ ఎపిసోడ్ లో గూండ్ల వెంకట నారాయణ గారు రాసిన ‘గరికపాటోడి కథలు’ పుస్తకం గురించి అందులో తనకు నచ్చిన ఒక కథ గురించి పాఠకులు శ్రీ హర్ష మాట్లాడతారు. శ్రీహర్ష హైదరాబాద్ సెంట్రల్ యూనివర్సిటీ లో మూడో సంవత్సరం ఇంటిగ్రేటెడ్ ఎం ఏ కోర్సు చేస్తున్నారు.ఇంగ్లీష్ , తెలుగు పుస్తకాలు చదవడం ఆయన హాబీ.

పుస్తకం కొనడానికి లింక్ తో పాటూ, రచయిత గూండ్ల వెంకట నారాయణ గారిని పరిచయం చేసిన ఎపిసోడ్ లింక్ కూడా షో నోట్స్ లో వుంది.

రచయిత గూండ్ల వెంకట నారాయణ గారితో పరిచయం -

https://bit.ly/3YuCbmR

‘గరికపాటోడి కథలు’ పుస్తకం కొనడాన...