Editorial Issue 4
Dear Bilal, As we arrive at our last issue of adda’s special collection, Translations: South and Southeast Asia, I feel…
SOUTH & SOUTHEAST ASIA
Translations: South & Southeast Asia features 32 literary translations in 15 languages from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Singapore across the genres of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Curated by guest co-editors Bilal Tanweer and Pauline Fan, these texts appear in four issues, in both the original language and English translation. Each issue is introduced with an Editorial in epistolary form, where Bilal and Pauline reflect on the art, aspirations and problems of literary translation. Each translation is prefaced by a translator’s statement, discussing their translation approach and the particular challenges encountered in the featured works.
All stories
False Teeth of Pudu Market
False Teeth of Pudu Market Cockroach paper boat rusty pen knife These are the three things I found while…
Amma, Appa, Anbu
Amma, Appa, Anbu The multi-storey building sat squat in one of the by-lanes of Cenotaph Road where Kotturpuram Bridge ended. I…
Unfinished
Unfinished It was a Sunday when I walked into Grandpa’s room, intending to give it a proper clear-out. As soon…
My Dream House & Helpless City
My Dream House I think I’ll build a house. Borrowing the plan from the weaver bird I’ll engage…
Hair Dye
Hair Dye Just think of it, Had hair dye Not been available In the market, People would not have…
A Lifeless Sea & The Sun Wanders, Searching for Shade
A Lifeless Sea As the waves crashed upon the shore, we discovered their corpses. Their eyes were wide open,…
The bomb at the roof-top restaurant & Against Colombo
The Bomb at the Rooftop Restaurant Free of routine worries sky-high on feathery softness snugly seated in cushioned comfort…
Can you recall your dreams? (Sapna)
Can you recall your dreams? A long time back, I knew a girl who dreamt of turning into a bird.…
Editorial Issue 3
Dear Pauline, In the parlour of literary translation, the phrase ‘lost in translation’ is like a curio that has…
A Country Turning into a Golden Cow
A Country Turning into a Golden Cow There used to be an animal in the Golden Country, the female of…
For a Daughter, a Kalpavrksha, the Ever-Giving Tree
For a Daughter, a Kalpavrksha, the Ever-Giving Tree When Mohana-bai sang this ghazal the first time, I was totally…
Dutch beverage–Fizzy drinks in the Twenty-Fourth Year of the Republic
Dutch beverage–Fizzy drinks in the Twenty-Fourth Year of the Republic The Sweet Taste of the Twenty-Fourth Year of the…
Not A Machine
Not A Machine It is always like this. The moment the man stands on the podium to present the…
What Living Means …
What Living Means ... Something snapped inside me when I saw my older brother after five years. He was totally…
Emblem & Smile: You are on Camera
Emblem Four free lions lean against each other’s backs horses oxen on the wheel— of my country’s emblem. One lion…