MANMATHA NATH DUTT TRANSLATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE (HB)

Who is man math a Nath Dutt?
This Question starts hauntingbibek Debroy when he finds that name imprinted
on the translations of almost all ancient texts that he too wants to
translate from Sanskrit text into English. While multiple translations are
not uncommon, what were the chances of two translators invariably choosing
the same set of texts? It was almost like man math a Nath Dutt had left a
trail forbibek Debroy to follow. And that sets off Debroy on the road to
discovering more about the translator extraordinaire who had largely remained
ignored so far. Gathering material and sifting through clues, following
various leads and discarding some, Debroy pieces together a jigsaw puzzle to
reveal a picture of the prolific translator man math a Nath duty and of
nineteenth-century Calcutta.