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Ahmedabad Visit! Chakram Chandan! Reprint News!
This month we took a trip to Ahmedabad, where we met with veteran pulp authors H.N. Golibar, Bansidhar Shukla, and Ekta Doshi, all of whom will be featured in our Gujarati Pulp Fiction anthology, scheduled for December. The highlight for us was learning about the history of the Gujarati magazine and pop culture institution Chakram Chandan--founded as "Chakram" in 1949 by N.J.Golibar, a member of Ahmedabad's Kutchi Memon Muslim community. Before getting into publishing, the senior Golibar began his career selling sweets known as "Goli"; he got his name from his hawker cry, "Ek anna, goli bar" (12 golis for 1 anna). A...
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Gujarati Pulp Fiction: A Note from Our Translator
In this post, Vishwambhari S. Parmar, the primary translator for our Gujarati Pulp Fiction anthology, talks about her experience growing up biliterate. Chaya Padchaya by H. N. Golibar Even though I grew up in Gujarat, in a town and a family that spoke Gujarati, I would never have taken to reading Gujarati books had it not been for my grandmother -- her enterprising nature, her disciplinarian attitude, and her disdain for the British and their literature. I am more fluent in Gujarati than in Hindi, even though I formally studied it only for four years in primary school....
Gujarati Pulp Fiction Teaser: An Excerpt from Bar Dancer by Vibhavari Verma
We've hit the 50% mark! A HUGE HUGE thank you to everyone who's backed our project so far! Please continue to share widely! To whet your appetite, we're offering a teaser... the first three chapters of Vibhavari Verma's BAR DANCER, a sort of exploitation-feminist revenge fantasy set in Mumbai. You can read it below--or, here's a link to download a PDF if you'd like more book-like formatting. An excerpt from Bar Dancer by Vibhavari Vermatranslated by Vishwambhari S. Parmar ~1~ “The lift is under repairs,” said the Marathi liftman, revealing tobacco-stained teeth. Parvati felt like punching them out of his mouth. She...
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