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Interview: Srinath Perur – “Language carries associations of both pride and vulnerability”

I guess being part of the jury for a prize like this is one way of connecting, of sharing one’s sensibility with the world. He participated in the book launch when my translation of Vivek Shanbhag’s Ghachar Ghochar from Kannada to English was published. When I read Girish’s description of the sets for the film Samskara in which he acted, I could not immediately come up with an unambiguous translation from Kannada. I had already read U R Ananthamurthy’s novel Samskara – which the film is based in – both in Kannada and in English translation. Many people who read my translation of Ghachar Ghochar got in touch with me to say that they were proud to see Kannada being celebrated not only in India but also outside.

Hindustan Times
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Girish Karnad's memoir, translated from Kannada into English, to be published in May

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