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Translation is also 'transcreation', says writer-journalist Ranjita Biswas on receiving PFC-Valley of Words award

Nov 29, 2021, at 11:08 pm

“Today translation as a literary genre is getting amply recognised, if long overdue, in India. In another development in recent years, it is now accepted that writings in English is part of the wider spectrum of Indian regional literatures,” said Ranjita Biswas, journalist, author and translator, in her acceptance speech after receiving the PFC-Valley of Words, 2021, Award in the English Translation category.

The Loneliness of Hira Barua: Tales of human suffering and resilience from Assam

Jul 23, 2020, at 08:35 pm

Stories of people caught in socio-political conflicts on the background of the turbulent years in the Brahmaputra Valley are at the heart of the newly published book The Loneliness of Hira Barua by Pan Macmillan.

Travelogues by women writers launched in Kolkata

Nov 28, 2017, at 04:05 am

Kolkata, Nov 27 (IBNS) Filmmaker Gautam Ghose and former Prasar Bharati CEO Jawhar Sircar released two travel- oriented books "Notes from A Spanish Diary" by Ranjita Biswas and "From Zanskar to Ziro" by Sohini Sen at the Rotary Sadan here on Saturday.