At Tehelka Nisha Susan speculates -- in the wonderfully titled Is That a Fish in Your Indian Ear ? -- "What would India be if we were reading each other more? "
Indeed, sadly:
Indeed, sadly:
At this year's JLF, there are 260 Indian writers of which over 40 write in Indian languages other than English, and not one of them have the glamorous aura of those who write in English.Interestingly, even in India:
At the heart of the sluggishness in the bhasha book trade is the shocking but everyday assumption that translation is second-hand and second-rate.