After its biannual fellowships for writers of non-fiction books about post-independent India , the New India Foundation has now launched a ...
After its biannual fellowships for writers of non-fiction books about post-independent India, the New India Foundation has now launched a fellowship for translations of non-fiction books from non-English languages into English. This time, too, the focus is on sponsoring “exceptional research and writing on all aspects” of India – specifically, on the “socio-economic/cultural aspect of Indian history from the year 1850 onwards”.
The first round of the translation fellowships will be awarded to three outstanding translators/writers for the research and translation of crucial non-fiction works about India. In 2021, proposals are being invited from translators for ten languages – Assamese, Bangla, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil and Urdu – with the fellowship being awarded to winning candidates for a period of six months, with a stipend of Rs 6 lakh to each recipient. Niraja Gopal Jayal, Trustee, New India Foundation, spoke to Scroll.in on the fellowship.
What led to the launch of this initiative?
The books published by NIF Fellows will soon number 30, and we are proud of the range and excellence of these works of non-fiction on the history of post-independence India. But of course they are all in English, even when – as is often the case – the research draws upon sources in...
