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27 septembre 2017
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N. Kamala, « Chapter 13. Gateway of India: Representing the Nation in English Translation », Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa | University of Ottawa Press, ID : 10670/1.3x90qe
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English translations of Indian literary texts published in India may not at first sight seem comparable to the Gateway of India, the monumental memento of the British Raj on Indian shores. The Gateway of India, as people familiar with India are aware, was built on the shores of Bombay—now translated, or rather back-translated, to Mumbai—to welcome British royalty. A symbol of conquest and colonization, the Gateway served to allow entry and access not just to the islands of Bombay, but more im...