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[5/2/22, 11:25:10 PM] Ayesha Singh: Its
so uncanny naa, when i watched the video
my first thought was on responsibilities
of entertainers, without knowing context
the post-partition natrative already
comes to mind and that of course is a nod
to our shared histories, look forward to
working in the coming days.
[5/9/22, 10:43:37 PM] Ayesha Singh: yeah
a brain exercise
[5/9/22, 10:44:19 PM] SP: infinite puzzle
of sorts
[5/10/22, 12:45:40 AM] SP: its a wierd
process- v need a translation of the
translation
[5/9/22, 10:45:16 PM] Ayesha Singh:
definitely! the first text itself has got
me very curious about many of our shared
histories, had a few conversations with
the gen that lived through it, i have put
a part of my convo with nani there bec it
gives context in such a wonderful way
[5/16/22, 7:53:11 AM] Dipti Sherchan: For
some reason, my mind anachronistically is
situated more in the 90’s Nepali televi
-
sion history. I went back to read Benja
-
min’s essay and I am actually further
confused as to what really is the task of
a translator - is it to sit with the
nucleus (the untranslatability) or
attempt at getting to “meaning making” or
“intentions”.
[5/16/22, 8:15:07 AM] SP: It is also about
latching on to something (humour in the
clip shared by us) to talk about (a shared
past) but also to evade it entirely.
Another thing that I found interesting in
Ayesha’s notes was when she mentioned
Corbusier (architect) being bought in to
realise the modern dream.
[7/3/22, 8:19:10 PM] SP: I also found the
fact interesting that you pick the skit of
the performance as your translation. So
this story of podna and podni is actually
a very popular bedtime story in urdu and
the version we hear in the clip is using
the characters as masks to comment on the
socio-political scenario of the time.
[5/10/22, 12:49:17 AM] Ayesha Singh:
specially since nation-redefinition is
taking place here at the moment, quite
violently
[5/10/22, 12:51:50 AM] SP: thats an
interesting mesh of material to work with
in terms of connections with nation
building that is still sucking so much
energy of the state - ever so innocently
in the beginning- and ever so violently
now.