A publishing house that is translating Dalit writers' works into English

This also includes a compilation of Yashwant's poetry, translated by K Jamanadas and Maitreya, titled Broken Man : In Search of Homeland (2019). The publishing house brings out its eighth title this month, a collection of stories by Maitreya, titled Flowers on the Grave of Caste. Written mostly from the perspective of a first-generation Dalit student who goes to study at elite English-medium educational institutions, it weaves real life with magic realism. The 33-year-old is one of the few Dalits in English publishing, which has remained an upper-caste preserve. 'When I launched Panther's Paw Publications, I was aware that my work will be niche. I also knew that with my limited resources — I am merely a student (at Mumbai's Tata Institute of Social Sciences) — I would have to be the one man running the show,' Maitreya says. Born in Nagpur, Maitreya's journey to Mumbai and into publishing was a long-winded one. He says he grew up unaware of the importance of BR Ambedkar to his own community. And while he came from modest means, Maitreya had not experienced oppression. 'I was going about life, quite unaware of the realities of caste,' Maitreya says. 'I dropped out of college in the first year to take up odd jobs. Then, drawn by the hippie lifestyle, I joined a Buddhist order started by a British man, and left for a monastery some 50-odd km from Nagpur. I spent three years there. I would get food, could spend time amidst nature doing nothing. They had a library and I started to read. That is when I discovered Ambedkar. But that wasn't my awakening either,' he says. He left the order and returned to Nagpur to study English literature. It wasn't until a Marathi teacher thrust books by Marathi writers into his hands, insisting he 'read everything', that Maitreya was introduced to Dalit literature. 'Before that, I would attempt to write. But my stories lacked rooted characters because I was unaware of our history,' he says. He started to discover writers such as Namdeo Dhasal, Baburao Bagul and Yashwant. 'I realised the diversity of style that exists within our own community. If Dhasal's writing was revolutionary, Bagul had a quiet rage; Shankkarrao Kharat wrote in an empathetic way. But there was no one introducing these writers to readers beyond Maharashtra,' he explains. That is when he realised the need to start Panther's Paw. 'It is historically understood that those in power control the narrative. The same has been with Dalits for centuries. Whenever one of us has managed to write our story — autobiography, poetry or fiction — the audience has remained limited to his or her native language. For example, I truly believe that Dhasal would have been an internationally renowned poet had a larger body of his work been widely translated,' Maitreya says. Panther's Paw, he says, replaces the need for a big publishing house to 'discover' writers like Dhasal. 'The publishing business relies heavily on the agent. But the agent is not free of his or her social and caste location. What they may consider 'palatable' will come from their own conditioning,' he says. Unlike other publishing houses that focus on Dalit literature, Panther's Paw, Maitreya says, solely focusses on publishing writers from the Dalit community. 'We will not publish a Savarna writer's anti-caste work. Here, we have a Dalit publisher only looking to publish Dalit narratives.' Maitreya had launched the publishing house with the English translations of JV Pawar's five-volume writing on Ambedkar in Marathi. Pawar is an author, poet and co-founder of the Dalit Panther movement. 'Most academia relies on the understanding of Ambedkar and Dalits through Savarna writing. But here is a scholar who spent his entire life studying caste and Ambedkar,' says Maitreya. With limited finances, each book is a challenge. 'I print limited copies, mostly no more than 300-500. With Pawar or Yashwant, I knew their works would sell because they are both well-known. But, usually, I print about 100 copies for sale on online platforms whereas another 200 are kept for sale through events and circulation. In all, I make sure my cost does not exceed Rs 70,000.' Most of this amount is collected through sales of other titles or via crowdfunding. Maitreya's hostel room at TISS doubles as his workspace and warehouse. Translating is a specialised job, but Maitreya isn't limited by the idea of setting high standards in translation. He rejects it as 'extremely casteist'. 'In terms of Dalit literature, the linguistic framework is not important. What we may lose in terms of translation, we gain in communicating our stories,' he says. He recounts an instance of a student from Manipal University, who translated Maitreya's poetry to Kannada. 'He did so without my knowledge. When I asked him what made him do it, he said he was translating my words because they could express what he personally could not articulate. We do not always write for literary reasons. To us, it is an expression of our stories, our history, which, for long, have been ignored,' he says. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttp://actionangler.net/ActivityFeed/MyProfile/tabid/62/UserId/197146/Default.aspx

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The sovereign test

Cathcart is right — especially in placing the responsibility on both tech companies and governments. WhatsApp has often claimed that its end-to-end encryption makes it a safe and private way to communicate. That claim is now being contested. How it responds will signal whether its invocation of privacy as a first principle is more than a mere marketing ploy. The proceedings of the ongoing lawsuit will be closely watched, to track the culpabilities and complicities of the actors involved. Earlier this year, NSO severed its contract with Saudi Arabia after accusations by a journalist that its software was used to hack his phone, which allowed Saudi agencies to track journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who was assassinated in Istanbul. The fact remains that in the digital age, companies will emerge and operate in the grey areas of the intersection between technology and security to make a profit. But inviolable as it is, national security must not be used as a shield by either governments or private players to justify the violation of fundamental rights. India is a constitutional democracy, where the courts have read the right to privacy in the right to life and liberty. In the government's first response after the Pegasus hack, Law and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said he has asked WhatsApp to explain the breach, while the home ministry has said it will take strict action against those violating the law. Earlier, the Indian government, and parliamentary committees, have summoned executives from Facebook and Twitter, and Indians continue to be the largest user base for WhatsApp. India also enjoys close ties with Israel. The government must leverage this to hold NSO to account. And it must deliver on its promise to punish anyone — whosoever they may be — found guilty of unlawfully violating the privacy of Indian citizens. The current government has made it clear that it holds on to its sovereign right over the data of its citizens. But the idea of data sovereignty must include a citizen's right to her privacy. How the government deals with the aftermath of the WhatsApp hack will demonstrate its commitment to that principle, as well as to the rights enshrined in the Constitution. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.coalindia.in/ActivityFeed/tabid/63/userId/568905/language/en-US/Default.aspx

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Over 30 Pakistani migrants found in lorry in France

Cops squeezed out Maoist slogans from Thwaha: Kin He had a plan to start a news portal after completing the course and collected a number of books," said Thwaha's elder brother Ijas Hazan.The police might have mistaken them for Maoist literature," he said. Ijas is also a CPM member at Chathothara east branch under Pandeerankavu local committee and the entire family supports CPM. "When I met him while he was produced in the court, he said that the police had beaten him up and forced him to confess to the crime," Ijas told TNIE. During the police patrolling at Paramala by 6.45pm on Friday, an unidentified cigarette-smoking man ran away from the spot leaving a bag of pamphlets and books, which was recovered by the police. They took both Alan and Thwaha along with them suspecting that they were part of the man's network," said Ijas. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttps://www.magcloud.com/user/repentkentop The migrants, who included three teenagers, were handed over to the Italian authorities in accordance with immigration procedures. "We will try and establish if we can trace it back to a network and backers as we always do in this type of case," the prosecutors' office in the southeastern city of Nice said. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The New Indian Expresshttp://actionangler.net/ActivityFeed/MyProfile/tabid/62/UserId/184289/Default.aspx

Reliance Jio offers up to Rs 50 discount on Rs 444, Rs 555 prepaid plans

People who wish to recharge with Rs 555 plan will need to use coupon code SHUBHP50 to get a discount of Rs 50 on Jio's Rs 555 pack. After a discount of Rs 44, Jio's Rs 444 plan will be available for Rs 400, while Jio's Rs 555 plan will be available for Rs 505 after Rs 50 discount respectively. Reliance Jio's Rs 444 and Rs 555 All-in-One plans promise unlimited calling on Jio-to-Jio numbers, along with 1000 minutes for outgoing calls to non-Jio numbers. Each plan offers 2GB data per day along with access to 100 SMS per day. Reliance Jio recently decided to charge customers for the IUC or the Interconnect usage charge that telecom companies pay each other for calls made to other networks from their networks. TRAI has fixed IUC at 6 paise per minute. The Rs 444 plan comes bundled with 1000 free IUC minutes, while Rs 555 plan includes 3,000 free IUC minutes. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://thefastdiet.co.uk/forums/users/jaungzeens/

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As Delhi/NCR air quality remains severe, people share memes online to vent frustration

However, there seems to be no respite for office-goers and college students as they continue with their lives. Many, along with politicians, joined the bandwagon to share memes and jokes online as hashtags #DelhiAirQuality, #DelhiPollution, #DelhiSmog continued to dominate social media trends. Sample these: pic.twitter.com/IpleAVugeS — Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) November 2, 2019 Delhi Evo(Pol)lution!#DelhiAirQuality pic.twitter.com/SAiMD6GJql — Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) November 1, 2019 Being a Delhiite is walking into an air conditioned room and thinking &dhapos;wow finally some fresh air!&dhapos; — Bollywood Gandu (@BollywoodGandu) November 2, 2019 #DelhiAirEmergency Spot the difference pic.twitter.com/QIzVhB6xFd — @meme-o -real (@meme_o_real0) November 2, 2019 Delhi pollution right now!  #DelhiAirEmergency pic.twitter.com/9vcg4zMMtj — Vishal Singh Rana (@TheManWithFlaws) November 2, 2019 Every #Delhiite right now…#DelhiChokes #DelhiAirEmergency pic.twitter.com/UW8y4Wz5qz — Shaurya Jain (@JainShaurya97) November 2, 2019 Some of the best Architectural Monuments to visit in delhi.#DelhiAirQuality #DelhiBachao pic.twitter.com/nCnjlYS4rZ — Rohit Adhikari拾拾 (@rohitadhikari92) November 2, 2019 Hey Delhi, are you still down there? I can&dhapos;t see you. — God (@TheTweetOfGod) November 1, 2019 #DelhiAirQuality *If Dhoom was made in Delhi* 藍藍 pic.twitter.com/oWyY22GNS3 — Jaimin Morbia (@jaimeme_morbia) November 1, 2019 *Best Gift for Delhi Friend.. pic.twitter.com/cmaW0UmmM2 — ऋषि™  (@reshoe_) November 1, 2019 Super man after flying through delhi air for 20 minutes #DelhiAirQuality pic.twitter.com/DiaQZi8lV9 — Odelu Yadav (@yadav_odelu) November 1, 2019 #DelhiChokes Delhites watching Chernobyl : pic.twitter.com/ymNvSvIY07 — Savage  (@CutestFunniest) November 1, 2019 #DelhiChokes Delhites to neighbouring states : pic.twitter.com/4JdBDRNc5Z — Kamran Ashar (@Im_Ashar10) November 1, 2019 meanwhile, people in Delhi #DelhiAirQuality pic.twitter.com/p5VEoCdg8u — prayag sonar (@prayag_sonar) November 1, 2019 #DelhiPollution #DelhiSmog People in Delhi: pic.twitter.com/Os1LPSHeML — गुRuजी {मीम वाले}(7युग से) (@TweetsOfGuruji) November 1, 2019 How delhities are seeing this tweet pic.twitter.com/WDzyJffiVd — Aman (@humourously_urs) October 31, 2019 Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) has declared a public health emergency in the national capital and ordered a complete ban on construction till 6 am Tuesday. According to officials at the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the city is expected to see some relief only by Monday evening with an increase in wind speed. function catchException() {try{ twitterJSDidLoad(); }catch(e){}} function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://www.turnkeylinux.org/user/983594

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First of Many: Rahul Khanna revisits 1947 Earth

The film was also India's official entry for the Academy Awards in 1999. But how did Rahul Khanna, who was already hosting shows on MTV, land the role of Hassan in 1947: Earth? Here's what the actor shared: 1. How did you land a role in your debut acting project - 1947: Earth? Deepa Mehta was in Chennai for a meeting with AR Rahman, the film's composer, and she turned on the TV in her hotel room and saw me hosting a music request show (I was a VJ with MTV Asia at the time). She thought I'd be perfect for the role of Hassan, the romantic lead of the film and asked her casting director Uma DaCunha to reach out to me. I was living and working in Singapore at the time and the next thing I knew I was on a plane to Mumbai to meet her. 2. What do you remember of your first day on set? My first scene was to be shot in the ruins of Tughlaqabad Fort in Delhi. By that point, it had been weeks of flights between Singapore, Mumbai and Delhi for workshops, rehearsals, wardrobe fittings, hair and make-up tests and hours spent with a dialogue coach—all leading up to this moment. I was so excited. I don't think I slept a wink the night before. We were to shoot in the first light of the morning so I was picked up from the hotel at around 4am and driven to the location. Once I was ready, I remember thinking—this is it! It was still pitch dark and freezing. We shot through a brutal North Indian winter. When I stepped out of the make-up trailer, David, the producer, was waiting for me. He gave me the news that Deepa had fallen terribly sick and couldn't even get out of bed and that they had no choice but to cancel the shoot that day! I was like, 'Damn! I hope this isn't some sort of omen!' 3. Were you nervous? How many retakes did you take? The next day, Deepa recovered and we finally shot my first scene. It was a really simple, lyrical scene with no dialogue. All I had to do was walk through the ruins a bit and then kiss my co-star Nandita Das while Maia Sethna, who played the little girl Lenny, looked on. I don't remember being nervous at all. Instead I was more incredulous that I was getting paid to do this! At one point, hundreds of locals from the area had climbed up the walls to watch the shoot and it was making Maia nervous. I remember telling her, 'Just pretend you're doing a play and they're the audience!' There were a few re-takes but mainly because the cinematographer wanted a somewhat uncooperative peacock in one of the frames! 4. And who were your co-stars? How was the rapport with them when you got to meet or work with them again later? I was really lucky to have co-stars like Aamir Khan, Nandita Das, Maia Sethna (who was the daughter of my dance teacher Farida Pedder), Kitu Gidwani, Aarif Zakaria (who would help me rehearse my lines after we wrapped for the day), Raghuvir Yadav, Pavan Malhotra and the amazing Kulbhushan Karbanda. Everyone was extremely kind and generous, even though it was my first ever acting job and I was a complete newbie to a film set. I also developed friendships with many of the crew members (who were from India and all over the world) and we're still in touch today—including the author of the book the film is based on, Bapsi Sidhwa. 5. If given a chance to go back to your debut role, is there anything you'd like to change or do better? It really was a dream debut and I was so well taken care of that even if I could think of something I'd like to change (which I can't), it would be ungrateful to articulate it. First of Many: Gajraj Rao Vivek Oberoi Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub Rajpal Yadav Rajeev Khandelwal Govind Namdev Neena Gupta Pankaj Tripathi Satish Kaushik Mohit Raina Shahid Kapoor Anang Desai Jimmy Sheirgill Tabu Harsh Chhaya Gaurav Gera Saurabh Shukla Deepak Dobriyal Seema Pahwa Annup Sonii Sayantani Ghosh Annu Kapoor Ajay Devgn Vishal Malhotra 6. One film or role that inspired you to become an actor? There's no one film that inspired me to become an actor, but I remember around the time Earth was released, I watched Such A Long Journey and was so moved and impressed by Roshan Seth's performance that I actually wrote him a letter. Years later, I was discussing it with my brother Akshaye and he was like, 'No way! I wrote him a letter after watching the film, too!' DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: The Indian Expresshttps://anotepad.com/notes/7h4rk9c

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Why the US-China trade war has not helped India | Analysis

One, more and more US companies would move out of China and set up shop in India to avoid paying higher American tariffs. Two, some Chinese firms that are suppliers to American companies would shift their productions to manoeuvre around the US tariffs. More than a year later, those predictions have not panned out. A review of data from the US department of commerce, which keeps track of America's bilateral trade with partner countries, reveals that India's gains have been only marginal. In 2018, the trade in goods between India and the United States was $87.9 billion, up from $74.2 billion in 2017. This year, through August, their bilateral trade was $62.7 billion, compared to $58.2 billion in the first eight months of 2018. To date, Vietnam seems to be the only country in China's neighbourhood to have benefited from the Sino-American trade war. Why has India been unable to take advantage of this opportunity? There are three primary reasons. First and foremost, despite the provocative rhetoric and tit-for-tat tariffs, the US-China trade volume hasn't really slowed down that much, except in a few areas. The commerce department data shows that the trade in goods between the two countries has been worth more than $1 trillion dollars since the beginning of 2018. China's trade surplus against the US during that same period was more than $651 billion. The US trade deficit for the comparable 22-month period under the Barack Obama administration (from January 2014 to August 2015) was $583 billion. In other words, the US-China bilateral trade was 12% larger under Donald Trump. In fact, since Trump moved to the Oval Office, the US trade deficit with China has increased by more than $1 trillion. In comparison, during the first 32 months of Obama's second term, the US deficit was a little over $900 billion. What this suggests is that not many US companies, or Chinese firms doing business with America, have moved away from the mainland. A big reason for this is that there were no viable alternatives. Notwithstanding the higher tariffs, China continues to be a better option for American businesses than other countries. Second, even if these businesses had decided to relocate, India was not, and isn't, in a position to replace China as the manufacturing base of the world. Despite the Narendra Modi administration's Make in India initiative, India has not made significant progress in building the kind of manufacturing infrastructure that would enable it to compete with the big three of East Asia: China, Japan and South Korea. According to the Brookings Institution, India's manufacturing output last year was less than $300 billion. By comparison, China's manufacturing output was more than $2 trillion. Despite the size of its economy, India's manufacturing output was less than a third of Japan and less than half of Germany. There are several factors that are hampering the growth of manufacturing in the country. And inadequate infrastructure is one of them.While India has built some world class airports in the past decade, it needs to drastically upgrade its roads, railroads and ports, in order to grow its manufacturing sector. To accomplish this, the country needs a huge inflow of foreign investments. But due to the slow pace of reforms, India has not been able to attract enough Foreign Direct Investment. Under Prime Minister Modi, India has improved its ranking in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business index — which measures the regulatory environment is business friendly. India's ranking came down to 77 last year (among 190 economies) from 132 in 2014, and it is now 63rd. To become a manufacturing hub, however, that ranking needs to be brought down below 50. The third major reason India has been unable to take advantage of the US-China trade war is New Delhi's own trade dispute with Washington. Despite their closer strategic alignment in recent decades, India and the United States have not been on the same page on trade. Those differences have played out in the open repeatedly since Trump came into the White House in January 2017. Earlier this year, the US made a series of moves on the trade front, including levying tariff on Indian steel and aluminium last year, and terminated the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) programme benefits to New Delhi. Recently, the US has voiced displeasure with two new Indian regulations that affect US credit card companies such as Visa and MasterCard, and e-commerce giants Amazon and Walmart. India and the US were expected to sign a major trade deal, addressing some of these concerns, during Modi's visit to the United States last month. It has been nearly a month, however, since the Prime Minister returned after his successful trip and the two sides have not announced the contours of a deal yet. It may be too late for India to make any meaningful gains from the current US-China trade war in the near term. But with the United States and China being global competitors in every sphere, trade wars between them are certain to flare up again and again in the future. Given this, India would do well to take the steps required to take advantage of that competition and to ensure that it doesn't miss the bus the next time around. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Hindustan Timeshttps://www.turnkeylinux.org/user/1022024

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