Ratna Books

THE GO-BETWEEN AND OTHER STORIES by Ghanshyam Desai (translated from Gujarati by @AbanMukherji & Tulsi Vatsal "Ghanshyam Desai’s short stories have an uncanny way of shedding a tear for some sad human condition with a subtle smile on the lips!" – SITANSHU YASHASCHANDRA

अदालतों का यह रवैया भारत को बनाना रिपब्लिक बना देगा #EP2077 @apkaakhbar youtu.be/x5zilUBfJIY?si… via @YouTube

AVADHOOT DONGARE's trilogy in original Marathi gets wide recognition in English translation by NADEEM KHAN THE STORY OF BEING USELESS + THREE CONTEXTS OF A WRITER – Winner of the @vowlitfest for translation 2020 LEAF, WATER AND FLOW – Longlisted for @TheJCBPrize 2024

DUKHI DADIBA AND THE IRONY OF FATE – by Dadi Edulji Taraporewala (translated from Gujarati by Aban Mukherji & Tulsi Vatsal) is longlisted for @vowlitfest Awards 2024 for translation. #literature #literaryfiction #fiction #fictionbooks #fictionwriting #romantic

93rd Birthday wishes to our author INDIRA PARTHASARATHY

Laxmibai Abhyankar's THE STEPMOTHER AND OTHER STORIES, first published in 1915 in Marathi, are now available in English – translated by Ranjana Kaul. #literature #stories #marathi #feminist #women Available on Amazon: amazon.in/dp/9355724128?…

DUKHI DADIBA and the irony of fate (by Dadi Edulji Taraporewala) translated from Gujarati by @Aban Mukherji & Tulsi Vatsal Available on Amazon: amazon.in/dp/9356873631?…

AURANGZEB – Monarch and Man (a play by Indira Parthasarathy) translated into English by T. Sriraman Available at Amazon: amazon.in/dp/9356875243?…

Prabha Sridevan's translation of @writerimayam 's IF THERE IS A GOD has made it to the Longlist of @vowlitfest Book Awards 2023 in the English translation category. Cover artwork by @AnshulMilan Available at Amazon – amazon.in/If-there-God-o…

Prabha Sridevan's translation of @writerimayam 's IF THERE IS A GOD has made it to the Longlist of @vowlitfest Book Awards 2023 in the English translation category. Available at Amazon – amazon.in/If-there-God-o…

#LONGLIST 2023: English Translations Valley of Words is delighted to announce the Longlist for this year's #BookAwards in the category of English Non-Fiction Stay tuned for #Shortlist update in the times to come! #VoWBookAwards2023 #VoW #EnglishTranslations #Longlist

IMAYAM's "If There is a God" is Longlisted for the #VoW Book Awards 2023 Seventh title of the Ratna Translation Series to be nominated for the award.

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PASSWORD and other stories by APPADURAI MUTTULINGAM Translated from Tamil by S. Thillainayagam

Many struggles of ordinary people are reflected in these extraordinary stories told by @writerimayam in an absorbing style with no inhibitions or prejudices. Set mostly in the non-urban background of Tamilnadu one feels these maybe the tales of anyone anywhere in India.

Imayam's IF THERE IS A GOD – stories Translated by Prabha Sridevan #literature #fiction #translation #RatnaBooks

#LONGLIST2022: HINDI NON FICTION Valley of Words is delighted to announce the Longlist for this year's #BookAwards in the category of Hindi Non Fiction. Stay tuned for the #Shortlist update in July! #vowbookawards #bookawards2022 #vowlitfest

Wow two of our @RatnaBooks long listed 👇

Stop using the word "Adivasi". They are "vanvasi". Adivasi was coined by missionaries to buttress their fiction and claim of Aryan Invasion theory.