New Delhi, May 3 -- Professor Abhijit Mukherjee's tryst with Japanese was a matter of coincidence. During a stroll in Kolkata's Pretoria Street in the summer of 1991, the electrical engineer chanced u... Read More
India, March 16 -- E very January, the city of Kozhikode hosts the Kerala Literature Festival, one of the largest in Asia, on its historic beach. With great books available at the DC Books pop-up sto... Read More
India, March 15 -- Every January, the city of Kozhikode hosts the Kerala Literature Festival, one of the largest in Asia, on its historic beach. With great books available at the DC Books pop-up store... Read More
India, March 9 -- 1What drew you to write a novel based on the Bronte sisters and Branwell? Wuthering Heights was the first adult novel I ever read, given to me by my mother from her precious set of ... Read More
India, March 8 -- What drew you to write a novel based on the Bronte sisters and Branwell? Wuthering Heights was the first adult novel I ever read, given to me by my mother from her precious set of C... Read More
India, March 7 -- How did the title of the book come about? When I was living in Brooklyn, in the US, I was going through some hard times personally and I thought about writing a book about my boyfri... Read More
India, Feb. 27 -- Japanese cuisine is one of the most diverse in the world and sushi or maki is now almost as popular as European bread or French fries. When one thinks of sushi, the mind inevitably g... Read More
India, Feb. 24 -- 1What drew you to translate this book? Kafka has long been one of my favourite writers, so I jumped at the opportunity. I was immediately blown away by the art style, as I felt Nish... Read More
India, Feb. 23 -- What drew you to translate this collection? Kafka has long been one of my favourite writers, so I jumped at the opportunity. I was immediately blown away by the art style, as I felt... Read More
India, Feb. 21 -- What drew you to translate Trailokyanath Mukhopadhyay's stories of magic realism? I did not plan on translating Trailokyanath's stories when I read them back in 2011. My husband had... Read More