Tag: culture

It’s all in the pictures

Siddhi Gupta
If only spoken and written words come to mind when you think of literature, you need to expand your horizon. Visual storytelling is a very old art form, especially in a culturally rich country like India. By introducing your students to books that tell stories through folk art, we can rethink literature classes beyond narratives and classics and help our students imagine, wonder, and understand the world better.

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The abiding mystique of Indian mythology

Anuja Chandramouli
Indian mythology is basking in the sudden surge of popularity it has been receiving. Come to think of it, the Greek, Egyptian, and Mayan tales of myth are still where they were, but Indian mythology finds new readers in every generation, because it has the courage to reinvent and re-present itself.

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The complex art of translation

Tariq Khan
Literary translations introduce us to masterpieces and great writers from other languages, they help us meet different people and cultures and thus they play an integrative role in society. Literary translations also help enrich the existing literature in a language. So, what does translating a work from one langue to another involve? How does a translator decide on the choice of words to convey the original meaning? Can knowledge of translation help a language teacher?

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