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A Note from the Hyphen Desk
Two stories, two journeys into memory and identity. This week on our digital platform, Shazia Yousuf explores a woman's enduring relationship with shame, told through the intimate metaphor of her teeth. Arunava Sinha, meanwhile, takes us behind the scenes of translating Indubala Bhaater Hotel, a novella where taste, food and memory are inseparable.
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Namita Gokhale
Author
India’s true essence, reflected in its varied landscapes and languages, finds its voice in the literature of its people. The time has come to share these voices with the world. Hyphen has taken up this task with vision, and I believe this pioneering work will bear lasting fruit.
Perumal Murugan
Author
A project that will not only broaden the reach of important writers but will invigorate world literature itself. This is exactly what readers need.
Christopher Merril
Translator
In a time when a lot of languages and texts are becoming available in English, there is always a danger of them getting flattened out into a universalised 'esperanto' English. So it would be a very important task for a journal like Hyphen to maintain a distinctiveness of the languages in which the texts are written.
Tejaswini Niranjana
Translator
