Translation - Different Truths

November 7, 2025
Dr Kumar Malay Jha
Book Review, Translation

Spotlight: Mahua Sen’s Translation Preserves the Soul of the Original

Dr Kumar Malay reviews Mahua Sen’s translation of Machhli Mari Hui, delivering Rajkamal Chaudhary’s original’s raw, powerful, and timeless literary genius, for Different Truths. I first read Rajkamal Chaudhary’s...

September 12, 2024
Sunanda B Mahapatra
Poem, Translation

The Pain of Lost Love: Regret and Reconciliation

Sunanda’s poem explores loss, regret, and human existence, highlighting despair and loneliness. It delves into identity, purpose, and individual fate, exclusively for Different Truths. Garnering a distressed heartThat is...

April 27, 2024
Santosh Bakaya
Book Review, Poem, Translation

Beautiful!” I echoed, as my eyes were dazzled by the minute glitters on my neck.

n a review for Different Truths, Dr. Santosh explores “Muse of Software-Clad Body,” a book that blends science, philosophy, and art through the concept of organic software. Reading Muse of...

May 20, 2023
Prof. Nandini Sahu
Book Review, Criticism, Gender, Translation

Harimohan’s The Bride: A Masterly Appraisal in Shared Pragmatism

Lalit Kumar’s translation of Harimohan Jha’s “Kanyadan” into English, “The Bride,” shows how translation conveys cultural works to readers unfamiliar with the original language or culture. In a globalised society, cultural identities must...

January 28, 2023
Prof. Seema Jain
Book Review, Short Story, Translation

Varied Themes Span a Century in Twelve Translated Tales

Seema reviews Chaitali Sengupta’s book, Timeless Tales in Translation, spanning a century, from stories in Hindi, Urdu, and Bangla, from mater storytellers – exclusively for Different Truths. Translators are like...

June 25, 2022
Lopamudra Banerjee
Book Extract, Translation

The Bard and His Sister-in-Law – I

Lopamudra translates Mallika Sengupta’s, a renowned Bengali poet and novelist’s biographical novel, Kobir Bouthan (Bard’s Sister-in-law). Here’s the first part of the two-part excerpt — an exclusive for Different Truths. Chapter 1: Gyanada Nandini One fine day...

September 18, 2021
Sutapa Basu
Arts, Folklore, Translation

The Story Behind Translating Thakurmar Jhuli into English

Sutapa tells us the story behind the story of translating Thakumar Jhuli, an iconic children’s book, from Bengali into English. She shares the wow and woes of a translator....

July 17, 2021
Gopal Lahiri
Book Review, Translation

At Cultural Crossroads: Bengali Lady in England

Gopal reviews Nabanita Sengupta’s translation of Krishnabhavini Das’ book, A Bengali Lady in England. He also critiques Das’ book, ‘Englandey Bangamahila’. An exclusive for Different Truths. Translated Book:A Bengali Lady in England...

May 9, 2021
Hayat Saif
Criticism, Multiculturalism, Poem, Special Feature, Translation, Tribute

Gitanjali: Interactions of Bengali Literature with the World

The English translation of Gitanjali, “Song Offerings”, encases only 103, amongst which one poem is a combined translation of two other poems. Fifty-three of the poems are from...

May 8, 2018
Basudeb Chakraborti
Criticism, Translation, Tribute

Red Oleanders: An Evaluation of Translational Strategies of Tagore

Tagore’s visit to Europe and America is one of the stimuli that leads him to write Rakta Karabi and then to translate that into Red Oleanders for pinpointing the crises of western civilisation...

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