Lost in translation

I have been meaning to do this for years.

To translate my favourite author in any language, Mahesh Chandra Mohapatra, who also happens to be my maternal grandfather. Specifically his romantic novels and short stories which I grew up reading in the long, never-ending summer vacations of my youth.

I have read and re-read his books so many times that the rhythm of his writing is almost internalised. May be I am biased, but few writers handle romance better than Dhurjatee (a name of Shiva), the pseudonym under which my grandfather wrote.

The novel I am translating is Manasi, a three hundred plus pages magnum opus, spread over three continents and two decades. It's a tale of love. Every week I intend to post a translated chapter of the book.

I sincerely hope you enjoy his stories as much as I do.