Nandana Sen: When I was growing up, my mother was the superstar in our family
Your mother was a formidable literary figure. What gave you the courage to translate her?
We had been translating together for decades before Acrobat came into the picture. We started when I was in college. I must admit that I didn’t see myself as a translator back then. I was basically helping Ma have a body of work available in the English language that she could share.
Later, for her 75th birthday, I had a book published for her as a surprise gift. It was called Make Up Your Mind: 25 Poems About Choice, and was…