LOVE ME IN A HURRY
(Atta Galatta: Bengaluru 2022)
Bilingual with Kannada translation by Prathibha Nandakumar
Love Me in a Hurry/Bega Preethsu Nanna contains poems from Mani Rao’s various books, representative of her unique style. Forged in the crucible of longing, loss and mortality, these poems express what many would not dare even confess to themselves. This is a bilingual collection with Rao’s poems translated into Kannada for the first time, by Prathibha Nandakumar. A special jute-bound edition published by Atta Galatta that could only have been conceptualised in Bengaluru. “Prathibha Nandakumar’s translations are carefully calibrated to both reflect the English originals as well as stand out on the basis of their own strength. A rare feat indeed.” – Karthik Venkatesh.