Search Results for: 2017

Surajit Borooah’s Translated Poems Adjudged Joint Runners-Up at the Muse India Translation Awards, 2017

We are happy to announce that Surajit Borooah’s Selected Assamese Poetry has been judged Joint Runners-Up at the Muse India – Satish Verma Translation Awards 2017 for poetry, along with Seth Michelson’s translation of Rati Saxena’s Scripted in the Streams (Poetrywala, 2017). Selected Assamese Poetry was brought out by Writers Workshop, India, in 2015. “Both these volumes share the Runners-Up prize as much for the quality of selection of poems as for the quality of translation. The easy readability of these poems […]

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Nightwalkers

Authors: Debarshi Mitra and Goirick Brahmachari Pages: 130 Year of Publication: 2022 Price: Rs 500 ISBN: 978-81-958199-9-7 (9788195819997) About the Authors Debarshi Mitra is a 27-year-old poet from New Delhi. His debut book of poems, Eternal Migrant, was published in 2016 by Writers Workshop, India. His second book, Osmosis, was published by Hawakal in 2020. His works have previously appeared in anthologies like Kaafiyana, Wifi for Breakfast, Best Indian Poetry 2018, and journals like The Scarlet Leaf Review, Guftugu, The Sunflower […]

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The Tortoise Prince and other Singpho Tales

Author and Illustrator: Gumlat Ong Maio Pages: 96 Year of Publication: 2022 Price: Rs 350 ISBN: 978-81-956648-8-7 (9788195664887) About the Author Gumlat Ong Maio has written three novels, Once Upon a Time in College and its two sequels forming the College Trilogy, and a collection of cartoons called Cheap Pencil. His second novel was selected among the top three books of the month by Notion Press Editors’ Pick, Chennai, in 2017. He has been honored by the Arunachal Pradesh state […]

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Poetry in Times of Conflict

Editors: Meera Chakravorty, Geraldine Sinyuy Pages: 60 Year of Publication: 2020 Price: Rs 200 / £10 ISBN: 978-81-949985-4-9 (9788194998549) About the Editors Meera Chakravorty is a research faculty member in the Department of Cultural Studies, Jain University, Bengaluru, India. She has translated into Kannada Bengali novels that won Sahitya Akademi (National Academy of Letters) awards, like Manoj Basu’s Nishikutumba and Amiyabhushan Majumdar’s Rajnagar, as well as a collection of Jibanananda Das’s poetry and Saonli Mitra’s play Nathavati Anathavat. She translated into […]

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Bangles

Author: Nileen Putatunda Pages: 96 Year of Publication: 2020 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-81-946740-5-4 (9788194674054) About the Author Nileen Putatunda was born in 1978 in Calcutta. He did his schooling in St. Mary’s School, Bombay, and St. James’ School, Calcutta. He graduated from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, in 2000 and worked for some time in the social development sector. He has written nine other books of spiritual poetry, all published by Writers Workshop, India, between 2006 and 2018. His books have […]

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The Idol Walker

Author: Srinjoy Ghosh Pages: 76 Year of Publication: 2020 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-81-946740-2-3 (9788194674023) About the Book “Srinjoy Ghosh is a lover of words. He plumbs into their deeper meanings, delights in their sonorities, and crafts them into verse of passion, contemplation and humour. A central theme in The Idol Walker remains constant: the spirited psychosomatic journey of the individual soul. Taking cultural cues from around the world, Ghosh artfully balances his unfailing reflection of the inner life with a playful […]

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Translation of The Anushasana Parva completed!

In a year like none other we have seen in our lifetime, we bring some happy news to light up the darkness around us: Dr Pradip Bhattacharya has completed the translation of the colossal Volume 13 of Vyasa’s Mahabharata, The Anushasana Parva. This marks the completion of the first verse by verse transcreation of the entire Mahabharata in English. We will inform you when the book is ready for release! We published Dr Bhattacharya’s highly acclaimed translation of the Mokshadharma […]

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In the Name of Mashouq

Author: Syed Tahir Ahmad Rufai Pages: 80 Year of Publication: 2020 Price: Rs 150 ISBN: 978-81-944057-8-8 (9788194405788) About the Author Syed Tahir Ahmad Rufai, 21, is a Sufi poet from the valley of Kashmir. Tahir has been a writer since the age of 10 when he started in Urdu but with time added English poetry to his list. He belongs to the family and Sufi order of Rufai, due to which his poetry revolves around Sufism. Tahir completed his high school […]

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Vignettes of Valour

Author: Abhijit C. Chandra Pages: 76 Year of Publication: 2019 Price: Rs 300 ISBN: 978-81-944057-1-9 (9788194405719) About the Author Born on February 19, 1975, Abhijit C. Chandra originally hails from Kolkata and has lived in Mumbai, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai and New Delhi. He completed his Bachelor of Arts in History in 1995 and began working as a freelance journalist in Delhi the following year. He joined the United News of India news agency in February 1998 and was posted at the company’s […]

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On the Autorickshaw Ride Home

Author: Antara Chakraborty Pages: 68 Year of Publication: 2019 Price: Rs 200 ISBN: 978-81-944057-2-6 (9788194405726) About the Author Antara Chakraborty is an editor based in Pune. Originally from Kolkata, she is a prolific and habitual writer of poetry. She was among the top 30 winners of the Wingword Poetry Prize 2017 and was featured in the highly prestigious The Poet’s Showcase and Yearbook in the same year. Her work has also appeared in various editions of Dyuti. Antara’s entrepreneurial venture Panda Poet […]

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