A tete-a-tete with eminent translators of Hindi, Urdu literature in Kolkata Litfest

Asha Bajaj
6 min readFeb 6
From left Baran Farooqi, Daisy Rockwell, Poonam Saxena and conversationalist Yatish Kumar at a discussion with the eminent translators of Hindi and Urdu literature into English at the Tata Steel Literary Meet 2023 in Kolkata

IBNS: Author, administrative officer, litterateur and conversationalist, Yatish Kumar, conducted an hour-long lively discussion on translating from Hindi and Urdu to English with Daisy Rockwell, Baran Farooqi and Poonam Saxena during the Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Festival 2023 at the lawns of the iconic Victoria Memorial, Kolkata.

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