Interview: Srinath Perur – “Language carries associations of both pride and vulnerability”
What made you take on the responsibility of chairing the 2023 Jury for the JCB Prize for Literature? Srinath Perur (Apeejay Kolkata Literature Festival) I guess being part of the jury for a prize like this is one way of connecting, of sharing one’s sensibility with the world. It also seemed like it might be fun and illuminating to read a large cross-section of recently published books to get a sense for what’s going on out there. The 2022 shortlist comprised entirely of translations. As a translator, did the…