V Ramaswamy

A massive crowd gathered at Doyal Rajbongshi’s house in Jaila Para, the fisherfolk’s hamlet. ?

BY V Ramaswamy 31 July 2022

This is an excerpt from the Bengali novel, I See The Face (2006), by Shahidul Zahir (1953–2008), of Bangladesh. Translated by V. Ramaswamy. The enchanted world weaved by Shahidul Zahir spins out and sprawls like a fine embroidered quilt, and V. Ramaswamy’s translation becomes one with the original text.?

BY V Ramaswamy 16 July 2022

'Like some people are driven to write, some people are driven to translate out of an urge to share something of literary value,' says V Ramaswamy who began translating accidentally in 2005.

BY V Ramaswamy 10 June 2022