This write-up describes my singular experience in translating Bengali short stories into English. However, all literary translations deal with certain common problems—of idiolect and dialect, or the ...

Prepone” is now a word in the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. So is “airdash”. For those who squirm at the made-in-India opposite of “postpone”, the dictionary-makers say: “It enriches the ...

Dr John Hood has translated more than a dozen books directly from Bangla to English, in addition to his original writings on Bangla literature, film and history. Dr. John Hood has been writing and ...

Language learning application Duolingo has launched a new Indian language course on its platform allowing users to learn English from Bengali. According to an official statement, the application is ...

With 60 translations and counting, Sinha has won the Crossword Award twice, including for Sankar’s iconic Kolkata novel ‘Chowringhee’. My Kolkata caught up with him between the written word. MK: ...