Dr vinod sena biography of michael
Dr vinod sena biography of michael lewis!
Why I publish translations of Indian literature
“My tongue in English chains”
~ Homecoming: R Parthasarathy
I must have been 13 when I read Richard II in school.
Bumbling through the sonorous lines I suddenly felt a sense of recognition when I repeated Shakespeare’s 16th century English …
…so deep a maim
Within my mouth you have engaol'd my tongue,
…
What is thy sentence then but speechless death,
Which robs my tongue from breathing native breath?
Was that me ?
Speechless death.
Dr vinod sena biography of michael
Growing up in Bangalore in the 1950s it was almost fashionable to function only in English and look down on those who didn’t. Slowly,very slowly, the Malayalam world faded from my Anglo-Indian existence. Nor did anyone ever suggest that I learn the Malayalam alphabet.
Coping with both Hindi and Kannada in school I cannot say I was keen on trying to master another language even if my origins lay in its culture.
Meanwhile I enjoyed textbook Hindi in school and sailed through the Hindi Prac