Barkat virani biography of mahatma gandhi
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For me, the history of love
seems to be only this:
first, it is the truth,
then an illusion, or so it seems.
Whatever path I take, hope
appears all around me.
When you are with me,
Especially, or so it seems.
Even in the garden,
a desert seems to hold sway,
since the breeze feels cool
and my breath hot, it seems.
Now in sorrow, no one
gives even false comfort,
and now even mirage waters
Cannot slake thirst, or so it seems.
Generously, I give a share of
my happiness to the world:
I laugh when I myself am
being ridiculed, or so it seems.
This world’s bitter draught
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Words Without Borders: Gujarati Literature in Translation (guest-edited)
I’m honored to guest-edit the first-ever Gujarati literature in translation feature at Words Without Borders. Prior to this, they had featured one other South Asian language in a similar manner: Tamil (guest-edited by the late, great Lakshmi Holmström.) My huge gratitude to all the authors and translators who contributed to this first-ever collection in the US. And my thanks, also, to the WWB team: Eric Becker, Susan Harris, and Isabella Corletto, for all their editorial help and guidance.
We featured fiction, nonfiction, poetry, literary criticism, and translator interviews over five months. Please see the links below and click to read on the Words Without Borders website.
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Translating Gujarat: A Literary Intervention
Crossroad (novel excerpt) by Varsha Adalja (tr. Jenny Bhatt)
Varsha Adalja is one of the foremost contemporary Gujarati writers in India. A novelist and a playwright, she has published forty books, including twenty novels and seven story collections. Some of her works have been adapted for television and stage. She has also written several essay collections and travelogues. Her works have won many literary awards.
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Bhavnagar
Bhavnagar
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