get into the spirit of that is remarkable and daisy did it very well and found an equivalence of language play in english rather than doing a literal translation of the twists and turns in hindidaisy a few years ago you decided to focus on translating womens writings why and how did this decision come aboutdr i had translated a number of books and somehow hadnt noticed that they were all by men i became interested in reading only from the point of view of women as a translator and reader its astonishing how much we are accustomed to seeing the world through the eyes of men whether it is through literature history film or art if you take the time to cut men out of your reading diet you see the difference my contention is not that mens writing is bad and womens writing is good but that by not reading men we can decolonise our minds from the male gaze and view it more critically the same goes for cutting the writing of white americans out of ones reading diet which i did long ago the white american viewpoint has a hegemonic grip over world culture which makes it peculiarly blind to diversity its amazing how much we can learn if we make an effort to read more translations that take us outside of our comfort zonesread more twinkle khannas tips for styling a bookshelf