What are the joys and challenges of translating Malayalam literature to English? To know more, Ala spoke to Prabha Zacharias, whose translation of V M Devadas’ 2010 novel, Pannivetta, titled The Boar Hunt, was published this July by Hachette India.
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‘Soap, Cheep, Kannadi’: Consuming Soap in Keralam, c. 1900-1950
Was foreign soap a luxury product or an everyday commodity in early-twentieth-century Kerala? Greeshma Justin John follows the interesting history of soap as a commodity at this time, examining how it became a popular staple commodity in the region.
Read moreMonsoon, Memory, and Mushrooms: The Political Fungi of Wayanad
We rarely take much note of mushrooms that crop up in the dirt. Drawing on his locale, Abdul Basith shows how mushrooms, in fact, shape and reshape the relationships between people, property and nature.
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Join us for a free two-day writing workshop to work on a popular article, to learn about the fundamentals of research, writing and editing, and to discuss pathways to popular publication!
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