Latest Publications and Press

2021-2024

ESSAYS AND POEMS

“Censorship, Careers and Other Dire Perils of Motherhood,” The Wire, May 2024
https://thewire.in/society/mothers-day-censorship-artist-actor

“The Shivering Rope: On Translating My Mother’s Poetry,” Wasafiri Magazine, September 2022
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“A Poem by a Daughter to Her Mother,” The Wire, May 2022
https://thewire.in/books/mothers-day-nabaneeta-dev-sen-nandana

“She thought she could do absolutely anything at all,” The Telegraph, March 2022
https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/nabaneeta-dev-sen-she-thought-she-could-do-absolutely-anything-at-all/cid/1855084

“Dangerous Disconnections: India’s Tolerance for Violence Against Women,” Outlook, February 2022
http://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/pass-by-on-the-sidewalk-without-looking/284355

“Daybreak: A Poem by Nandana Dev Sen,” Open Magazine, December 2021
https://openthemagazine.com/cover-stories/daybreak/

“ACROBAT : On Women’s Day, Poems by Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Translated by Nandana Dev Sen,” The  Wire, March 2021
https://thewire.in/books/womens-day-nabaneeta-dev-sen-nandana-dev-sen-acrobat-poems

“A Mother’s Day Offering: ‘A Letter to Ma’ by Nandana Dev Sen,” The.Ink, May 2021
https://the.ink/p/mothersday

“A Lifetime of Luminous Poetry: Nandana Dev Sen on the Work of Her Mother, Nabaneeta,” Lit Hub, May 2021
https://lithub.com/a-lifetime-of-luminous-poetry-nandana-dev-sen-on-translating-the-work-of-her-mother-nabaneeta/

“The Clouds Change Their Music: A Poem by Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Translated from the Bengali by Nandana Dev Sen,” Circumference, May 2021
https://circumferencemag.com/the-clouds-change-their-music/

“’Too Much:’ A Poem by Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Translated by Nandana Sen,” Daily Poetry, April 2021
https://mailchi.mp/poems/todays-poem-too-much-by-nabaneeta-dev-sen-6073024?e=910122286a

PRESS COVERAGE

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“Poetry central to women’s freedom,” The Statesman, Delhi and Kolkata
December 22, 2022
https://epaper.thestatesman.com/3632204/Delhi-The-Statesman/17-12-2022#page/7/2

“Growing up in Bhalo-Basa shaped me as much as studying at Harvard, or living around the world, did,” IANS, Indo-Asian News Service
September 1, 2022
https://ianslive.in/news/i_will_be_back_on_the_film_set_nandana_sen-899944/NATION/1

“Nandana Sen: With Children, For Children,” Daily Bartaman
August 20,2022 https://www.dropbox.com/s/q9sd9ocn7hk5081/Daily%20Bartaman%20August%202022.pdf?dl=0

“Nandana Sen: When I was growing up, my mother was the superstar in our family,” Hindustan Times
August 19,2022
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2hvm9quj82u694x/www-hindustantimes-com-books-nandana-sen-when-i-was-growing-up-my-mother-was-the.pdf?dl=0

“Nandana discusses her mother Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s poems with Srijato,” The Times of India
July 24, 2022
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/nandana-discusses-her-mother-navaneeta-dev-sens-poetry-with-srijato/articleshow/93071490.cms


“Nandana Dev Sen dedicates poetry evening to mother Nabaneeta,” The Telegraph
July 21, 2022
https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/events/nandana-dev-sen-dedicates-evening-of-poetry-to-mother-nabaneeta-dev-sen-and-cousin-samantak-das/cid/1875828

“Author Nandana Dev Sen On Translating Her Mother Nabaneeta’s Work,” Femina
April 25, 2022
https://www.femina.in/trending/achievers/author-nandana-dev-sen-translates-her-mother-poet-nabaneetas-work-in-acrobat-225033.html

“For Nandana Dev Sen, translating her mother’s poetry has been a labour of love,” The Telegraph
April 13, 2022
https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/for-actor-nandana-dev-sen-translating-her-mothers-poetry-has-been-a-labour-of-love/cid/1860453

“Glimpses into Nandana Sen’s journey for a safer tomorrow for children,” The Telegraph
February 3, 2022
https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/nandana-sen-journey-towards-a-safer-tomorrow-help-and-support-vulnerable-children/cid/1850266

“Ma carried her poetry notebook everywhere: Nandana Dev Sen,” The Hindu
January 30, 2022
https://www.thehindu.com/books/ma-carried-her-poetry-notebook-everywhere-nandana-dev-sen/article38338183.ece

”How Nandana Dev Sen understood her mother better by translating her Bangla poems,” The Week
January 30, 2022
https://www.theweek.in/theweek/leisure/2022/01/20/how-nandana-dev-sen-understood-her-mother-better-by-translating-her-bangla-poems.html

“Acrobat Book Launch in Bhalo-Basa, hosted by Kolkata Literary Meet: A conversation with Nandana Dev Sen,” The Telegraph
January 18, 2022
https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/people/in-conversation-with-nandana-dev-sen-anupam-roy-and-suman-mukhopadhyay/cid/1848146

“Kolkata has my heart in a way no other city ever will:  Nandana Dev Sen,” The Times of India
January 13, 2022
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kolkata-has-my-heart-in-a-way-no-other-city-ever-has-or-ever-will-nandana-dev-sen/articleshow/88861461.cms

“Actor and child-right activist Nandana Sen comes forward to save crisis hit children of West Bengal,” Lagatar
October 9, 2021
https://lagatar24.com/actor-and-child-right-activist-nandana-sen-comes-forward-to-save-crisis-hit-children-of-west-bengal/66253/

“On Acrobat, Nandana Dev Sen’s inheritance of words,” Mint Lounge
January 8, 2022
https://lifestyle.livemint.com/how-to-lounge/books/on-acrobat-nandana-dev-sen-s-inheritance-of-words-111641552799904.html 

“When women give voice to women,” Financial Times
October 26, 2021
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“A Beloved Bengali Poet in Translation: In Acrobat, a mother and daughter’s last collaboration,” Harvard Magazine
September-October 2021
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2021/09/montage-tightrope-of-translation

“Abhijit Banerjee, Nandana Dev Sen launch English translations of Nabaneeta Dev Sen’s poetry,” The Telegraph
May 19, 2021
https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/abhijit-vinayak-banerjee-and-nandana-dev-sen-launch-english-translations-of-nabaneeta-dev-sens-seminal-poetry/cid/1816058

“Abhijit Banerjee launches Nandana Dev Sen’s book ‘Acrobat’,“ Times of India
May 11, 2021
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/books/book-launches/nobel-laureate-abhijit-v-banerjee-launches-nandana-dev-sens-translation-work-acrobat/articleshow/82533159.cms

“The Measure of a Mother: Nandana Dev Sen,” Cover Story, SEEMA Magazine
May 2021
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“Abhijit Banerjee and Nandana Dev Sen talk literary life and work of Nabaneeta Dev Sen,” The Indian Eye
April 30, 2021
https://theindianeye.com/2021/05/04/abhijit-banerjee-and-nandana-dev-sen-talk-literary-life-and-work-of-nabaneeta-dev-sen/

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2021

2020

Nandana read a bedtime story as part of the global campaign #GlassesinClasses for visually impaired children on World Sight Day

Watch all of the readings here: #GlassesinClasses Bedtime Stories and the news feature can be found at Bloomberg.com

October 8, 2020

In her role as Save the Children’s Ambassador for Child Protection,  Nandana spoke about Child Labour and Nutrition on Radio City 91.1FM during Poshan Maah. Audio clip below.

October 5, 2020

In My Heart was shortlisted by the Indian publishing industry for the Publishing Next Children’s Book of the Year, and was the runner-up in 2019.

In My Heart was also included in several lists of the best children’s books of 2019, including Top kids' books of 2019 by Indian Publishers and Best Children's Picture Books of 2019.

It also featured in the Times of India’s list of children’s books penned by international celebrity parents.

In July 2020, In My Heart was shortlisted for the annual Neev Book Award for children’s literature.

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