India Booked | Women, Morality and Moral Strength

Published: Nov. 7, 2020, 3:30 a.m.

b"'Bhairavi- The Runaway', written by Shivani aka Gaura Pant, a pioneer of women's\\nfiction in India, is the story of a woman's life, her resilience, her moral and\\nmental strength, and about the restraints and choices women have in the society.\\nIn this episode of India Booked, the translator of 'Bhairavi' and Chitra\\nMudgal's 'Giligadu', Priyanka Sarkar talks to Ayushi Mona about her experience\\ntranslating the books, the scope and depth of women's literature, about bringing\\nalive a concept to an unaware audience and as she says, 'translating the\\nuntranslatable'.\\nThe discussion in this episode spans from the reactions women receive from the\\nsociety for writing bold books to the inclusion of glossaries in translations to\\nspirituality and sensuality in mythology and the aspect of humanizing the\\ncharacters in it. Priyanka takes us into the world of 'Bhairavi' through\\nsignificant excerpts from the book, both in Hindi and English, while pulling out\\ncomparisons between them and explaining the nuances of translation. Tune in now!"