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Anita Agnihotri

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Tara and Michelle talk to bestselling Bengali author Anita Agnihotri and expert translator of 60+ books, Arunava Sinha, about their latest book ‘The Sickle’, the writer-translator relationship and the growing popularity of regional writing and translations in India.In the last few years, translations are getting the attention they rightly deserve in India from readers and literary awards like the JCB prize. We chat with Anita about the plight of the women in the Marathwada region and how she decided to write about them in Bengali. Michelle is fascinated by how Anita picks up stories from all over the country through her work as an IAS officer. Arunava equates writing to choreographing a performance on a large stage and translation to doing the exact same steps on a tightrope! Tara is super excited by his prediction that translations will become very prominent in India in the next 5 years!How have Anita’s books reached so many countries and readers? Why does Arunava translate from 10 pm to 1 am? Tune in to find out. Want to get the translator's perspective first? Jump to 30:00 to listen to Arunava’s part of the interview. Mentions: Gun Island by Amitav GhoshSuch Small Hands by Andrés BarbaSeventeen by Anita AgnihotriIndira GoswamiHiromi Kawakami, Mieko Kawakami, Sayaka MurataAnita Agnihotri has published over thirty books and has won the Sarat Puraskar, the Pratibha Basu Sahitya Puraskar and the Bhuban Mohini Dasi Gold Medal. Her writing has been translated into several Indian languages and also German and Swedish. Her collection of stories, Seventeen, translated by Arunava Sinha, won the Economist Crossword Book Award for Indian Language Translation in 2011. Arunava Sinha translates Bengali fiction, poetry and non-fiction into English, and fiction from other languages into Bengali. More than sixty of his translations have been published so far in India, the UK and the USA. He teaches Creative Writing at Ashoka University. Find the book here: https://www.amazon.in/Sickle-Anita-Agnihotri/dp/9353451566 'Books and Beyond with Bound' is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D'costa of Bound talk to some of the best writers in India and find out what makes them tick. Read more: https://boundindia.com/books-and-beyond-podcast/ Follow us @boundindia on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Reach out to us at connect@boundindia.com for more information on our podcast production services. We’ve joined #PodForChange to raise donations for Covid relief. Donate here: www.auwa.in/podforchangeIf you want to create a book to cherish your loved ones or share your knowledge with the world, read more about Bound's ghostwriting services here: https://www.boundindia.com/services/ghostwriting/Or email us at connect@boundindia.com.‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms. 

Tara and Michelle talk to bestselling Bengali author Anita Agnihotri and expert translator of 60+ books, Arunava Sinha, about their latest book ‘The Sickle’, the writer-translator relationship and the growing popularity of regional writing and translations in India.In the last few years, translations are getting the attention they rightly deserve in India from readers and literary awards like the JCB prize. We chat with Anita about the plight of the women in the Marathwada region and how she decided to write about them in Bengali. Michelle is fascinated by how Anita picks up stories from all over the country through her work as an IAS officer. Arunava equates writing to choreographing a performance on a large stage and translation to doing the exact same steps on a tightrope! Tara is super excited by his prediction that translations will become very prominent in India in the next 5 years!How have Anita’s books reached so many countries and readers? Why does Arunava translate from 10 pm to 1 am? Tune in to find out. Want to get the translator's perspective first? Jump to 30:00 to listen to Arunava’s part of the interview. Mentions: <ul><li>Gun Island by Amitav Ghosh</li><li>Such Small Hands by Andrés Barba</li><li>Seventeen by Anita Agnihotri</li><li>Indira Goswami</li><li>Hiromi Kawakami, Mieko Kawakami, Sayaka Murata</li></ul>Anita Agnihotri has published over thirty books and has won the Sarat Puraskar, the Pratibha Basu Sahitya Puraskar and the Bhuban Mohini Dasi Gold Medal. Her writing has been translated into several Indian languages and also German and Swedish. Her collection of stories, Seventeen, translated by Arunava Sinha, won the Economist Crossword Book Award for Indian Language Translation in 2011. Arunava Sinha translates Bengali fiction, poetry and non-fiction into English, and fiction from other languages into Bengali. More than sixty of his translations have been published so far in India, the UK and the USA. He teaches Creative Writing at Ashoka University. Find the book here: <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Sickle-Anita-Agnihotri/dp/9353451566" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.in/Sickle-Anita-Agnihotri/dp/9353451566</a> 'Books and Beyond with Bound' is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D'costa of Bound talk to some of the best writers in India and find out what makes them tick. Read more:<a href="https://boundindia.com/books-and-beyond-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://boundindia.com/books-and-beyond-podcast/</a> Follow us @boundindia on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. Reach out to us at <a href="mailto:connect@boundindia.com">connect@boundindia.com</a> for more information on our podcast production services. We’ve joined #PodForChange to raise donations for Covid relief. Donate here: <a href="http://www.auwa.in/podforchange" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.auwa.in/podforchange</a>If you want to create a book to cherish your loved ones or share your knowledge with the world, read more about Bound's ghostwriting services here: <a href="https://www.boundindia.com/services/ghostwriting/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.boundindia.com/services/ghostwriting/</a> Or email us at connect@boundindia.com. ‘Books and Beyond with Bound’ is the podcast where Tara Khandelwal and Michelle D’costa uncover how their books reflect the realities of our lives and society today. Find out what drives India’s finest authors: from personal experiences to jugaad research methods, insecurities to publishing journeys. Created by Bound, a storytelling company that helps you grow through stories. Follow us @boundindia on all social media platforms.

3.6 Arunava Sinha and Anita Agnihotri: Farmers' Plight In India - A Translation

On this episode, Cyrus joins us from a shoot location in Madh Island to sit down with the amazing Anita Agnihotri, Writer &amp; Poet. Cyrus and Anita talk about how she got into writing poetry at a young age, writing for Sandesh - the oldest children's magazine in Bengali, the legendary Satyajit Ray being involved with the magazine and how he would publish whatever writings Anita sent in, how Anita got into writing prose in college as well, being inspired by Satyajit Ray, how he was also a great illustrator, how Anita's mother wanted at least one of her children to be a writer, and lots more. Cyrus and Anita also discuss Anita's returning of the Bangla Academy Literary Award in protest of the killing of innocent protesters in Nandigram in West Bengal, making the jump from hobby to profession, and who are some of the writers who inspired Anita early in her life. All this and more on this episode of Cyrus Says.Check out Anita's latest book - The Sickle: https://www.amazon.in/dp/9353451566/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_JQJC7V5W819BYZ6YC6MRFollow Juggernaut books: juggernautbooksFollow Anita Agnihotri on Instagram: https://instagram.com/sickle_2021You can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: https://instagram.com/antarikshtDo send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at whatcyrussays@gmail.comDon't forget to follow Cyrus Broacha on Instagram @cyrus_broacha ( https://www.instagram.com/cyrus_broacha )In case you're late to the party and want to catch up on previous episodes of Cyrus Says you can do so at: www.ivmpodcasts.com/cyrussaysYou can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcasts App on Android: https://ivm.today/androidor iOS: https://ivm.today/iosSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, Cyrus joins us from a shoot location in Madh Island to sit down with the amazing Anita Agnihotri, Writer &amp; Poet. Cyrus and Anita talk about how she got into writing poetry at a young age, writing for Sandesh - the oldest children's magazine in Bengali, the legendary Satyajit Ray being involved with the magazine and how he would publish whatever writings Anita sent in, how Anita got into writing prose in college as well, being inspired by Satyajit Ray, how he was also a great illustrator, how Anita's mother wanted at least one of her children to be a writer, and lots more. Cyrus and Anita also discuss Anita's returning of the Bangla Academy Literary Award in protest of the killing of innocent protesters in Nandigram in West Bengal, making the jump from hobby to profession, and who are some of the writers who inspired Anita early in her life. All this and more on this episode of Cyrus Says.Check out Anita's latest book - The Sickle: <a href="https://www.amazon.in/dp/9353451566/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_JQJC7V5W819BYZ6YC6MR" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.in/dp/9353451566/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_JQJC7V5W819BYZ6YC6MR</a>Follow Juggernaut books: <a href="https://twitter.com/juggernautbooks" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">juggernautbooks</a>Follow Anita Agnihotri on Instagram: <a href="https://instagram.com/sickle_2021" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/sickle_2021</a>You can follow Antariksh on Instagram @antariksht: <a href="https://instagram.com/antariksht" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/antariksht</a>Do send in AMA questions for Cyrus by tweeting them to @cyrussaysin or e-mailing them at <a href="mailto:whatcyrussays@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">whatcyrussays@gmail.com</a>Don't forget to follow Cyrus Broacha on Instagram @cyrus_broacha ( <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cyrus_broacha" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/cyrus_broacha</a> )In case you're late to the party and want to catch up on previous episodes of Cyrus Says you can do so at: <a href="http://www.ivmpodcasts.com/cyrussays" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">www.ivmpodcasts.com/cyrussays</a>You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the new and improved IVM Podcasts App on Android: <a href="https://ivm.today/android" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://ivm.today/android</a> or iOS: <a href="https://ivm.today/ios" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://ivm.today/ios</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

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