ट्रॅव्हल्स ऑफ १८५७ | Travails Of 1857

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Sukhmani Roy’s translation of this landmark Marathi text is informed by her familiarity with  the many conceptual issues raised by translation theorists in recent times.
Travails of 1857 is extensively footnoted to bring out the nuances of Brahmin modes of living  in 19th century Western India.  The detailed history of Varsai and the Godse family gives us a social context in which  to place the travelogue. Sukhmani claims that  she has sacrificed stylistic smoothness for precision, alluding to the enormous difficulty of translating cultural references.
Clearly her translation is all the more rigorous because of the layering she has done, which gives newcomers to the famous ‘Majha Pravas’ additional social and cultural texture to enhance the reading experience.

– Tejaswini Niranjana

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