Harsha

German - Kannada literary translator | word-nerd | Carnatic musician | researching new applications for recycled plastic @tu_wien | ಮನಸ್ಸು ಗಾಂಧಿ ಬಜಾರು

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

Nanna Tangi Ida - my Kannada translation of the German best seller '22 Bahnen' is now available on Amazon.

Blurbs in Kannada and English, and link below.

[Bangalore Lit Fest @BlrLitFest]

ಹುಟ್ಟುಮಚ್ಚೆ: Vatermal | Harsha Raghuram in conversation with @VaniMahesh1 at the Left Barracks stage #BlrLitFest 2025

[andyGana @AndyGana]

@tapanguchi speaking about his second Kannada translation from German at the Bangalore literature festival

[ಹಂಸಾನಂದಿ Hamsanandi हंसानन्दि @hamsanandi]

with @tapanguchi in ನಮ್ಮೂರ ಪುಸ್ತಕದಂಗಡಿ

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

This passive-aggressive set of instructions from a nearby park is an example of great Kannada-English translation. Far from just matching word to word, the translator has managed to capture the snootiness so well that you cannot tell which was the source #KannadaTranslationPass

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

I am doing an AMA on r/kannada_pusthakagalu this Saturday at 5 pm IST.

Link - https://t.co/7RbV9GqAAB

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

I am doing an AMA on r/kannada_pusthakagalu this Saturday at 5 pm IST.

Link - https://t.co/7RbV9GqAAB

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

Bengaluru people, mark your calendars. Let's meet at the #BlrlitFest this year happening on Dec 6-7 at Freedom Park.

[Bangalore Lit Fest @BlrLitFest]

#ReadwithBLF: This month, we're celebrating translations that give us portals into new worlds, cultures and ways of thinking.

Meet some of these authors and translators at #BlrLitFest 2025!

@banumushtaq, @deepabhasthi, @arunava, Harsha Raghuram, Mini Krishnan and @deshakaala.

[Vinay Kashyap @vinaykashy]

@tapanguchi maybe after your tweet went viral they have changed the Logo of good day biscuits

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

@vinaykashy Lol, wow!

[vasudhendra @vasudhendra7]

#kannadabooksales #kannadanovels #kannadanri #chandapustaka #ಛಂದಪುಸ್ತಕ #ವಸುಧೇಂದ್ರ #vasudhendra

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

@btbytes @emessp571 @hamsanandi Yes, you're right! Devarakere is a rather historical lake, quite beautiful. They even used to have some pedal boats (2 decades ago).

[Arunava Sinha @arunava]

Encore! And now Deepa Bhasthi’s translation of Banu Mushtaq’s ‘Heart Lamp: Selected Stories’ makes the shortlist of the International @TheBookerPrizes. The first work from Kannada to be there. Published by @andothertweets in the UK and @PenguinIndia in India. Such fantastic news!

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

@crazy_chipkali I.e., they used to distinguish b/w original works in English and translated works to English, but they stopped it since 2015 is what I read. In any case, Kannada is on the world literary map :D

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

@crazy_chipkali According to their own website it's the first Kannada book. Someone pointed out that UR Anantamurthy was nomiated (and shortlisted) in 2013. They changed the rules in 2015 to merge the Man Booker and IBP, so I think they count this as the first. It's a bit confusing.

[Art in Transit @ArtinTransit_b]

Moving Bengaluru
The people who help us reach our
places of work, without whom we
may be back home safely everyday.
The people who get the city going
and moving, form a pillar of
Bengaluru.

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

@vinaychindu Remembered one old PJ.

Who is the father of flowers?
ಪೂಜಿಸಲೆಂದೆ.

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

@hamsanandi ಓಹೋ, ಕೂರುಕೋಣೆ 😀. ಯಾವ ಪುಸ್ತಕ ಇದು?

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

@trollpwnde Wait, what? Tell more!

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

@gOLisoppu @Bengaluruhudugi I thought it was ಡೊಂಕಳ್ಳ (ಡೊಂಕು + ಹಳ್ಳ).

[Harsha @tapanguchi]

@Accio_Sunshine Wow, this is your Superman moment.