Catherine Thankamma writes about her experience of translating Malayalam novels, ‘Kocharethi’ by Narayan, and ‘Pulayathara’ ...

* A hawk’s eye is kept on books that bag the top literary awards across the globe — the Nobel and Booker prizes are particular favourites * Malayalam has a strong history of translation * The internet ...

When I was 11, my mother enrolled me in Malayalam language classes at a cultural centre in Abu Dhabi. Although the centre called itself Indian – by literally placing the word in its name – it was ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Communism may not be having a field day at the moment, but Marx and Engels’s little slim book surely is. The Communist Manifesto, one of the most influential works in modern ...

Winner of this year’s JCB Prize for Literature, M Mukundan talks about wandering the streets of Delhi, the power of translation, and contemporary Malayalam literature Congratulations on winning the ...

September 18 marked the 150th birth anniversary of one of the giants of Indian literature, Kodungallur Kunhikkuttan Thampuran (1864-1913), whose sterling contributions include the translation of the ...