Vikram Seth, who revels in the pleasures of both religious poetry and translation, called his translation of the ‘The Hanuman Chalisa’ a labour of love. He has dedicated it to Bhaskar, a character in his epic novel A Suitable Boy (1993). In the novel, Bhaskar learns the poem before he is five. When he is older, he resists the co-option of this poem and other religious texts by those with vested interests. “I learnt the ‘Chalisa’ because I had to know what my characters were seeped in,” Seth says. “How do you write about them from the inside without understanding the religious and linguistic texture of their world?” <br /><br />Full interview will be out soon. Stay tuned. <br /><br />Follow us: <br />Website: https://www.outlookindia.com/ <br />Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Outlookindia <br />Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outlookindia/ <br />X: https://twitter.com/Outlookindia <br />Whatsapp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaNrF3v0AgWLA6OnJH0R <br />Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@OutlookMagazine <br />Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/outlookindia <br /><br />#HanumanChalisa #Book #Translation #Language
