Readomania #TalkFest - Session 3
The next sessionof Readomania #TalkFest is scheduled for March 12, 2016.
Arunava Sinha will be talking about Why Translations of Regional Indian Literature are the best reads!
Arunava Sinha translates classic, modern and contemporary Bengali fiction, non-fiction and poetry from India and Bangladesh into English. He also edits the India List of translated Indian literature from Seagull Books, Calcutta, and the Library of Bangladesh series of translated Bangladeshi literature from Bengal Lights Books, Dhaka. He teaches a course in Indian Literature in Translation at Ashoka University, India, and has conducted translation workshops in India, Bangladesh, the UK and the US. He is the Books Editor of the politics and culture magazine Scroll.in.
About Readomania #TalkFest
Readomania #TalkFest is a platform for talks, lectures, debates and discussions around the theme of literature and art. It is a place to exchange ideas, discuss and nurture them. It will be a place to encourage creativity and novelty in literature.
The objective of Readomania #TalkFest is to bring in new ideas and different perspectives on literature, art, reading and writing and in the process encourage interest in the subjects, in books and in reading literature. This can make people introspect, and that has the power to change our attitude, our outlook and eventually our actions, eventually making this world a better place to live in.
Readomania #TalkFest is held on the second saturday of every alternate month starting from November 2015, at India Habitat Centre.