After what seems to have been a publishing hiatus of over a decade, Vikram Seth makes his re-entry into our reading shelves through his wonderful translation of The Hanuman Chalisa. Vikram Seth, who is one of the renowned contemporary voices of Indian writings in English, gained global recognition in 1993 through his novel A Suitable Boy, which is perhaps the longest Indian novel written in English thus far. Apart from his literary contributions to the canon of Indian novels, Seth is also a poet who has published several anthologies—for all of which he was honored with the Padma Shri, the Sahitya Akademi Award, and other prestigious recognitions. With the current work of The Hanuman Chalisa, Seth turns a new leaf in the direction of translation.
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