Lost & found in translation
Madan Lal Madhu (May 22, 1925 - July 7, 2014)
Chandigarh, Updated At : 06:10 AM Jul 07, 2025 IST
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There's a paradox that lies in the art of translation. To translate well is to walk an invisible tightrope: you must offer a new voice to the existing idea but also vanish behind it. Imagine, in a winter courtyard of Moscow, an ordinary sentence read in Hindi — in Pushkin's rhythm or Dostoevsky's confessional tone. Years ago, this dynamic interplay of languages & cultures must have felt foreign, until Madan Lal Madhu breathed its very soul into existence.
