Prashanti Talpankar
{{Short description|Indian writer and actor (born 1963)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Prashanti Talpankar
| image = Prashanti Talpankar in 2023.jpg
| caption = Talpankar in 2023
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1963|04|29}}
| spouse = Sandesh Prabhudesai
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Writer
- actor
}}
| notableworks =
| movement = Konkani language agitation
| awards = Sahitya Akademi Award (2017)
}}
Prashanti Talpankar (born 29 April 1963){{Cite web |title=Prashanti Talpankar {{!}} Directorate of Art and Culture, Government of Goa, India |url=https://www.artandculture.goa.gov.in/en/prashanti-talpankar |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=www.artandculture.goa.gov.in}} is an Indian writer, translator, playwright, and actor. She is a recipient of the Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize for her work in Konkani and is a cancer survivor.
Early life
Prashanti Talpankar grew up as a student leader and as a part of Goa's historic official language agitation.
{{Cite news
|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Lectures-at-Margao/95977.html
|title=Lectures at Margao
|date=23 Nov 2015
|website=oHeraldo
|language=en
|access-date=2018-12-18
{{Cite news
|url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=6408
|title=Rane wanted only Marathi as Off Language: Nirmala
|date=28 Nov 2015
|work=Goa News
}} She has also been a part of Bailancho Saad, an organisation that works towards women's rights. Notably, she went on a hunger strike in 1989, protesting against the lack of action in a case of sexual assault.{{Cite web |last=Narayan |first=Rajan |date=2018-11-30 |title=DG ASSURES ACTION AGAINST BRUTAL COPS |url=https://www.goanobserver.in/2018/11/30/dg-assures-action-against-brutal-cops/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Goan Observer |language=en-US}}
Career
Talpankar currently serves as an associate professor at Dnyanprassarak Mandal's College.
{{Cite news|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/battling-cancer-stigma-and-more/
|title=Battling cancer, stigma and more
|date=8 July 2018
|work=The Navhind Times
|language=en-US
|access-date=2018-12-18
}}
= Writing =
Talpankar has been into writing since her college days. Her poems have previously featured on All India Radio, Panaji. She has also written few short stories. However, primarily she writes children's stories and translates literary works.{{fact|date=May 2023}}
In 2006, she published a book based on primary survey of migrant labour called Shadows in the Dark: The status of the migrant working community in Goa.
{{Cite journal
|date=22 May 2008
|title=Bibliography of books received in the Goa State Central Library
|url=http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/0809/0809-8-SIII-OG.pdf
|url-status=live
|journal=Official Gazette: Government of Goa
|volume=III
|issue=8
|pages=94
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701211551/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/0809/0809-8-SIII-OG.pdf
|archive-date=1 July 2020
|via=Govt. Printing Press, Goa
}} [https://archive.org/stream/in.goa.egaz.0809-8.SIII/0809-8-SIII-OG_djvu.txt Alt URL] In 2015, Talpankar released a Konkani translation of Shashi Deshpande's English book That Long Silence, titled as Dirgh Moun Te.
{{Cite web
|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Konkani-translation-of-The-Long-Silence-released/articleshow/47422451.cms
|title=Konkani translation of 'The Long Silence' released
|date=26 May 2015
|website=The Times of India
|access-date=2018-12-18
{{Cite web
|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/interpreting-worlds/|title=Interpreting worlds
|last=Das
|first=Arti
|date=24 May 2015
|website=The Navhind Times
|language=en-US
|access-date=2018-12-18
}} This was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for Translation in 2017.
{{Cite news
|url=http://englishnews.thegoan.net/story.php?id=39453
|title=Jog, Talpankar selected for Sahitya Awards
|date=22 Dec 2017
|website=The Goan
|access-date=2018-12-18}}
=Films=
Talpankar has acted in many Konkani films. Some of her films include Aleesha (2004),{{Cite web
|url=http://goanespresso.in/ge-index/2018/05/07/aleesha-konkani-film/
|title=GE {{!}} Aleesha Konkani Film
|language=en-US
|access-date=2018-12-18
}}{{Cite web |last=Narayan |first=Rajan |date=2022-10-28 |title=KONKANI CINEMA BEFORE IFFI! |url=https://www.goanobserver.in/2022/10/28/konkani-cinema-before-iffi/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Goan Observer |language=en-US}} Paltadacho Munis (2009),
{{Cite web
|url=https://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=895
|title="Paltadcho Munis" for NETPAC award in Berlin
|date=29 Jan 2010
|website=Goa News
|access-date=2018-12-18
}} Baga Beach (2013)
{{Cite web
|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Baga-Beach-endeavours-to-deal-with-the-real-Goa/articleshow/26435796.cms
|title='Baga Beach' endeavours to deal with the real Goa
|date=27 Nov 2013
|website=The Times of India
|access-date=2018-12-18
}} and Juze (2018).
{{Cite web
|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/miransha-naiks-juze-releases-in-goa/
|title=Miransha Naik's Juze releases in Goa
|date=15 Apr 2018
|website=The Navhind Times
|language=en-US
|access-date=2018-12-18
{{Cite web
|url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=7628
|title=A victim boy exploited by women, 'Juze' is a real story: Miransha
|last=Prabhudesai
|first=Rucha
|date=8 Apr 2018
|website=Goa News
|access-date=2018-12-18
}} All of these films have won awards, at either the national or the international level.
{{Cite news
|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/2-films-set-in-Goa-get-national-awards/articleshow/33834959.cms
|title=2 films set in Goa get national awards
|website=The Times of India
|date=17 Apr 2014
|access-date=2018-12-18
{{Cite web
|url=http://www.goa365.tv/artculture/B/‘juze’-released-in-goa-while-getting-3-nominations-in-ny-film-fest/03114.html
|title=#GOA365 VIDEO: 'Juze' released in Goa while getting 3 nominations in NY Film Fest
|website=Goa365
|language=en
|access-date=2018-12-18
}}
Personal life
Talpankar is married to author and journalist Sandesh Prabhudesai.{{Cite web |first=Patricia |last=Alvares |date= 22 Jul 2014|title=Happy to be a Lucy Stoner! |url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Happy-to-be-a-Lucy-Stoner/76096 |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=oHeraldo}} Being a survivor of breast cancer, she now regularly talks about her cancer survival journey to spread awareness.{{Cite web |last=Narayan |first=Tara |date=2020-02-21 |title=WHO IS NOT AFRAID OF CANCER? |url=https://www.goanobserver.in/2020/02/21/who-is-not-afraid-of-cancer/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |website=Goan Observer |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Da Gama |first=Danuska |date=2020-11-04 |title=Surviving and thriving |website= The Navhind Times |url=https://www.navhindtimes.in/2020/11/04/magazines/buzz/surviving-and-thriving/ |access-date=2024-06-29 |language=en-US}}
Awards
- Sahitya Akademi Prize for Translation, 2017
{{Cite web
|url=http://www.goa365.tv/issues/E/gajanan-jog-prashanti-talpankar-get-prestigious-sahitya-akademi-awards/02192.html
|title=#GOA365 VIDEO: Gajanan Jog & Prashanti Talpankar get prestigious Sahitya Akademi awards
|website=Goa365
|language=en
|access-date=2018-12-18
}}
Filmography
- Aleesha (2004)
- Paltadacho Munis (2009)
- Baga Beach (2013)
- Juze (2018)
Works
- Shadows in the Dark: The status of the migrant working community in Goa (2006)
- Dirgh Moun Te (Konkani translation of Shashi Deshpande's English book That Long Silence; 2015)
References
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Category:Actors from North Goa district