The Neighbors, my translation of the Gujarati story Padoshi by Pravinsinh Chavda, is up on Calque.
http://calquezine.blogspot.com
This story details two very different life trajectories, mindsets and expectations on the two sides of a fence in a lower-middle class locality. Sometimes life decisions are made much before one’s birth.
4 comments:
Me the first on u'r blog...hurray...ok ok..you know
I never realized the importance of translating and keeping the exact essence of the original. Wow, its actually an art in itself. You've done wonderful work.
Thank you, PQ.
Wonderful job Austere di. I don't recall coming across a writing where the dialogue occurs between the writer and the reader.
Norrbu- thank you once again.
great to introduce Gujarat to distant Tibet.
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