Writing in The Telegraph, Julie Banerjee Mehta celebrates the 150th anniversary of Rassundari Devi’s landmark work, Amar Jiban, the first full-length autobiography in Bengali. Presented at an International Translation Day event, the new revised and annotated edition by Ananda Lal and Enakshi Chatterjee brings Devi’s historic triumph over patriarchal barriers to modern global audiences.
Author: Anish Chakravarty Pages: 58 Year of Publication: 2026 Price: ₹250 ISBN: 978-81-180240-0-2 (9788118024002) About the Author Anish Chakravarty was born and raised in Kanpur and has a doctoral degree in philosophy from the University of Delhi. He has been teaching philosophy for over a decade. He writes poetry shaped by memory, reflection, and the […]
Author: Rassundari Devi Translator: Enakshi Chatterjee Revision and Annotation: Ananda Lal Pages: 122 Year of Publication: First published 1999 (English translation), Reprint 2016, Corrected edition 2020, Corrected and expanded 3rd edition 2022, Revised and annotated 4th edition 2026 Price: ₹500 ISBN: 978-81-995932-9-9 (9788199593299) About the Book A must-read for anyone interested in exploring the social, female and […]
To celebrate the 150th year of the first publication in 1876 of Rassundari Dasi/Devi’s historic and pioneering Bengali autobiography, Amar Jiban, Writers Workshop has published a new special edition of the only complete English translation of the book, now a prescribed text in many gender studies programmes. Originally translated by Enakshi Chatterjee, it has been […]
We regret the passing of Ketaki Kushari Dyson (1940-2026), one of our authors, who studied in Kolkata and then settled in England. A respected scholar and translator of Tagore, she also wrote original works in Bengali and English. Contrary to the report printed in The Telegraph (Kolkata), that her first book of English poems appeared […]
Author: Michael Chacko Daniels Illustrators: Aaron Bass and Michael Chacko Daniels Pages: 134 Year of Publication: 2026 Price: ₹500 / $25 (USD) ISBN: 978-81-995932-8-2 (9788199593282) About the Author Michael Chacko Daniels lives and writes in San Francisco. He grew up in Bombay, where he attended St. Michael’s High School, Wilson College, and University of Bombay’s […]
Translator: Harry Aveling Pages: 102 Year of Publication: 2026 Price: ₹500 / $16 (USD) ISBN: 978-81-995932-0-6 (9788199593206) About the Translator Professor Harry Aveling (PhD, Malay Studies, National University of Singapore; Doctor of Creative Arts, University of Technology, Sydney) holds honorary appointments in Translation Studies at Monash University, and Asian Studies at La Trobe University, both […]
Author: Anirudh Acharya Pages: 146 Year of Publication: 2026 Price: ₹350 ISBN: 978-81-995932-2-0 (9788199593220) About the Author Anirudh Acharya holds a Ph.D. in mathematics and is a visual artist who writes haiku and short poetry. As a mathematician by training, he works in a field far from literature, but he has long been drawn to […]
Author: Buddhadeva Bose Translator: Kanak Kanti De Pages: 172 Year of Publication: 1992 Price: ₹250 ISBN: 81-7189-286-8 (8171892868) About the Book The three plays in this collection comprise Sangkranti (The Ending), Pratham Partha (The First-Born) and Anamni Angana (Angana-Unnamed ). Featuring only three characters, Dhritarashtra, Sanjay and Gandhari, the first play presents Duryodhan’s death on […]
Author: Lawrence Fray Pages: 134 Year of Publication: 2026 Price: ₹500 ISBN: 978-81-995932-1-3 (9788199593213) About the Author Lawrence Fray was born in the UK and raised in Ireland. He began his working life in music performance and direction, and as an industrial engineer / production controller for manufacturing processes, before becoming a teacher of mathematics […]
