Regional Language Fiction

Literary translation has come to assume great importance with the expanding horizons of understanding between various language communities. Our bhashas, languages of all sates and regions, are veritable treasure troves of literature. Polychromatic phantasmagoria is not just a phrase of praise for our literatures in different languages. The hegemony and the hierarchies in different classes and castes are shown in depth and detail in our regional fiction. These are inspiring, painful, pride-giving and some times even provocative in the novels written in regional languages. Novels in twelve Indian languages are included in this work. This is not a book of criticism. There are pre-views for films and there can be pre-reads for fiction also. These articles can be viewed as appetizers for the readers to acquire understanding of people in regions other than their own. The effort is to enhance our activities for national integration.