#GlobalLiteratureinLibrariesInitiative welcomes
@jennybhatt, author of Each of Us Killers
& creator of the @DesiBooks podcast,
as guest editor this month!
Here she goes:

South Asian Literature In Translation:
An Introduction

https://glli-us.org/2020/12/01/south-asian-literature-in-translation-an-introduction/ #SouthAsianLit #DesiBooks
South Asian Literature in Translation: An Introduction

December 2020 at the Global Literature in Libraries Initiative is ‘South Asian Literature in Translation’ month. As the host of the Desi Books podcast, I was thrilled to be asked to share South Asi…

https://glli-us.org/2020/12/01/south-asian-literature-in-translation-an-introduction/
Interested in South Asian Literature in Translation?
There's a podcast for that!
Our guest editor for December 2020, @JennyBhatt,
founded and created #DesiBooks podcast to celebrate
#SouthAsianLit In Translation. Here is Episode One: https://anchor.fm/desibooks/episodes/DesiBooks-Episode-1-ecd1b7 #LiteraryPodcasts
DesiBooks Episode 1 by Desi Books • A podcast on Anchor

In this first ever episode, there's a bit about the whys and wherefores of the DesiBooks podcast and a brisk roundup of new and notable South Asian books, short stories, essays, interviews, events,...

https://anchor.fm/desibooks/episodes/DesiBooks-Episode-1-ecd1b7
#TranslatedLit as an act of love.

Translator, @manjushreethapa, describes her love of the Indian #NepaliLit novel of post-Independence #Darjeeling: There's a Carnival Today, written by Indra Bahadur Rai, published by @speakingtiger14.

https://glli-us.org/2020/12/03/south-asian-literature-in-translation-theres-a-carnival-today/

#SouthAsianLit
South Asian Literature in Translation: There’s a Carnival Today

There’s a Carnival Today by Indra Bahadur Rai; translated from Nepali to English by Manjushree Thapa.

https://glli-us.org/2020/12/03/south-asian-literature-in-translation-theres-a-carnival-today/
#SouthAsianLit In Translation:

Shivaji: The Great Maratha,
by Ranjit Desai;
tr. from Marathi to English by @vikrantpande;
pub. by @HarperCollinsIN.

One of the top three all-time greats in the Marathi language!

https://glli-us.org/2020/12/04/south-asian-literature-in-translation-shivaji-the-great-maratha/

#IndianLit #MarathiLit #Marathi
South Asian Literature in Translation: Shivaji: The Great Maratha (Shriman Yogi)

Shivaji: The Great Maratha (Shriman Yogi) by Ranjit Desai; translated from Marathi to English by Vikrant Pande

https://glli-us.org/2020/12/04/south-asian-literature-in-translation-shivaji-the-great-maratha/
#SouthAsianLit in Translation:
Off The Beaten Path,
The Story of My Unconventional Life (Nov 2020 release) by Saeeda Bano,
translated by @ShahanaRazaa,
published by Penguin Zubaan India
https://glli-us.org/2020/12/05/south-asian-literature-in-translation-off-the-beaten-track/

#WIT #WomenInTranslation #IndianLit #UrduLit #Memoir
South Asian Literature in Translation: Off the Beaten Track

Off the Beaten Track: The Story of My Unconventional Life by Saeeda Bano; translated from Urdu to English by Shahana Raza

https://glli-us.org/2020/12/05/south-asian-literature-in-translation-off-the-beaten-track/
#SouthAsianLit in Translation:

The Bronze Sword of Thengphakhri Tehsildar,
by Indira Goswami,
translated from Assamese by @AruniKashyap,
published by @ZubaanBooks (India)
#SouthAsianLit #IndianLit #AssemeseLit #WomenInTranslation #WIT #TranslatedLit https://glli-us.org/2020/12/06/south-asian-literature-in-translation-the-bronze-sword-of-thengphakhri-tehsildar/
South Asian Literature in Translation: The Bronze Sword of Thengphakhri Tehsildar

The Bronze Sword of Thengphakhri Tehsildar by Indira Goswami, translated from Assamese by Aruni Kashyap

https://glli-us.org/2020/12/06/south-asian-literature-in-translation-the-bronze-sword-of-thengphakhri-tehsildar/
#SouthAsianLit in Translation:
Beloved Rongomala
by Shaheen Akhtar
tr.: @nadiya_shabnam
pub.: @bengal_lights

Beloved Rongomala doesn’t just give voice to women (mostly ignored by formal history) but centers a woman who is low-caste.

https://glli-us.org/2020/12/07/south-asian-literature-in-translation-beloved-rongomala/
#BangladeshiLit #WIT
South Asian Literature in Translation: Beloved Rongomala

Beloved Rongomala by Shaheen Akhtar, translated from Bengali by Shabnam Nadiya

https://glli-us.org/2020/12/07/south-asian-literature-in-translation-beloved-rongomala/
Hijab by Guruprasad Kaginele,
translated by Pavan N. Roe #KannadaLit #IndianLit

What is expected to be an easy medical practice for 3 Indian doctors in a backwater MN town soon turns into a difficult question about identity, immigration, & belonging. https://glli-us.org/2020/12/08/south-asian-literature-in-translation-hijab/
South Asian Literature in Translation: Hijab

Hijab by Guruprasad Kaginele; translated from Kannada to English by Pavan N. Rao

https://glli-us.org/2020/12/08/south-asian-literature-in-translation-hijab/
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