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Books, Fiction, Novel, Saffronbird, transcreated from Hindi, Transcreated from Modern Indian Languages Leave a comment

Mrityunjaya ~ The Death Conqueror

Author: Shivaji Sawant (Translated by P. Lal and Nandini Nopany) Pages: 698 Year of Publication: First published 1989, Sixth edition 2015 Price: Rs 1000 ISBN: 978-93-5045-110-6 (9789350451106) About the Book: Our bestselling English translation of Shivaji Sawant’s Marathi classic inspired by the story of Karna in Vyasa’s Mahabharata. Professor P. Lal and Nandini Nopany, with Shri Sawant’s permission, translated the book from the Hindi version by Om Shivaraj. Between 2008 and 2015, five new editions of the book have been […]

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Books, Saffronbird, Transcreated from Classical Indian Languages, Transcreation Leave a comment

Jaiminiya Ashvamedha Parva

Transcreator: Shekhar Kumar Sen, Edited by Dr Pradip Bhattacharya Pages: 488 Year of Publication: 2008 Price: HB Rs 800, FB Rs 500 ISBN: HB 978-81-8157-849-5 (9788181578495) FB 978-81-8157-850-1 (9788181578501) About the Book Translated from Sanskrit, shloka by shloka, by Shekhar Kumar Sen, this is Jaimini’s version of The Asvamedhika Parva, in The Mahabharata. The book has 5 colour miniatures from Emperor Akbar’s commissioned translation of The Ashvamedha, a long detailed scholarly introduction and very useful glossaries of war weapons, trees […]

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Books, Poetry, Redbird Leave a comment

A Firefly in the City ~ Nagarathil Oru Minmini

Author: S. Sayujya Pages: 112 Year of Publication: 2015 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-93-5045-111-3 (9789350451113) About the Author S. Sayujya has completed her M.Phil. in English from the University of Hyderabad and is currently teaching English at Lalaji Memorial Omega International School, Chennai. Teaser River Song Treading meandering paths, Feet wander through the misty clouds And the cold engulfs. Gusts of frosty wind Blow against puffed-up cheeks That blush in the warmth of exercise. Slowly, coyly, the translucent curtains of white Part […]

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Vedanta Guidebook

Author: Jiten Ruparel Pages: 190 Year of Publication: 2015 Price: Rs 600 ISBN: 978-93-5045-096-3 (9789350450963) About the Author Jiten Ruparel holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, an M.A.Sc. in Management Sciences, and a Ph.D. in International Technology Transfer. Specializing in the design and construction of nuclear power plants in the UK, Canada and the US between 1962 and 1996, he has worked at General Electric in India, Atomic Energy of Canada in Toronto, and American Electric Power in Columbus, Ohio. He taught […]

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Life, Music, Action!

Author: Anindita Banerji Pages: 128 Year of Publication: 2015 Price: Rs 250 ISBN: 978-93-5045-099-4 (9789350450994) About the Author Anindita Banerji, playwright and director, resides in Kolkata. She is a fulltime teacher which affords her the unique opportunity to cultivate her interest not only in academics, but also in music, theatre, sports and nation-building. She is passionate about cinema, advertisements and nature. She loves good food and, along with a friend, runs a confectionery called Michelle’s. Anindita would like to set up a […]

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Welcome to WritersWorkshopIndia.com

Translation of The Anushasana Parva completed! Writers Workshop Poet Wins the Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize Writers Workshop Poet Wins the Srinivas Rayaprol Poetry Prize Joint Runners-Up at the Muse India Translation Awards, 2017 Surajit Borooah’s Translated Poems Adjudged Joint Runners-Up at the Muse India Translation Awards, 2017 Dipika Mukherjee on Writers Workshop: Dipika Mukherjee on Writers Workshop Reshma Aquil’s poetry: Reshma Aquil’s poetry An article on Professor P. Lal and Writers Workshop in The Telegraph, India: An article on Professor […]

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Who We Are

The Writers Workshop Team Ananda Lal directs Writers Workshop since 2010, succeeding his father P. Lal. He retired as a Professor of English, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He served as the Head of that Department and has a long and distinguished career in English literary studies in India, and as a translator and editor. His books include Rabindranath Tagore: Three Plays (1987, 2001), The Oxford Companion to Indian Theatre (2004), Indian Drama in English: The Beginnings (2019), Utpal Dutt: Barricade (2021) and Songs of Tagore: Poetry and Melody (2023). He has lectured […]

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