Anita Gopalan

As the year ends, I’m delighted to share that my translation of @GeetChaturvedi’s The Master of Unfinished Things has been chosen by the wonderful literary journal World Literature Today as one of the year’s notable translations worldwide. I hope it continues to find its readers.

@htTweets Also on the page are pointers to this week's Books & Authors podcast with @mrsfunnybones, author, Mrs Funnybones Returns and to a review of The Master of Unfinished Things by @GeetChaturvedi

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The Master of Unfinished Things by @GeetChaturvedi, translated by @anitagopalan, offers readers in English a glimpse of the Hindi writer’s literary acumen @mayankparichha reviews hindustantimes.com/books/review-t…

In the handsome Outlook Anniv Issue, a thoughtprovoking essay 'The Geography of Waiting' by @GeetChaturvedi, translated by me. Read it! outlookindia.com/books/outlook-…

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#OutlookAnniversaryIssue | Years ago, while I was waiting on Platform Number Three at Dadar for a local train that might be a little less crowded, an elderly man approached me and asked, “What place is this?” “Dadar,” I said. “I have to go to Mumbai,” he said. “The CST train will come from that side,” I told him. “That will go to CST,” he said. “I want to go to Mumbai.” “That is Mumbai.” “Then what is this?” he asked. “Is this not Mumbai?” “This is also Mumbai.” “But you just said this is Dadar.” “All of this is Mumbai,” I said. “Dadar is inside Mumbai.”

Now irritated, he said, “Just tell me one place—only one—whose name is Mumbai. That is where I want to go. Someone tells me Bandra, someone Borivali. Someone says Mulund, someone CST. Where is Mumbai? No one tells me.” Muttering to himself, he walked away. Geet Chaturvedi writes. Translated by Anita Gopalan Geet Chaturvedi is one of the most widely read contemporary Hindi writers. He has authored two collections of novellas, three books of poetry, two works of non-fiction, and a novel. Anita Gopalan is a literary translator from Hindi. Her translations include Geet Chaturvedi’s The Memory of Now, Simsim, The Funeral and The Master of Unfinished Things. @anitagopalan @geetchaturvedi

#OutlookAnniversaryIssue | Where is elsewhere? FICTIONAL CITIES, PARADOXICALLY, OFTEN EXPOSE THE WORKINGS OF REAL SOCIETIES FAR BETTER. — Geet Chaturvedi, Hindi Writer A story can take place in a space not confined to the present but unfolding in the future, the past and other worlds. What goes on in constructing these worlds? How does the architecture of an imagined building or country reflect politics, society and us? Is it a premonition? Are dystopian spaces prophetic? Is it the urge to belong and negotiate with modernity, as in Malgudi? Or an escape into magic, like Macondo? @chinkis @GeetChaturvedi #WhereIsElsewhere #WritingAsResistance #ImaginedHistories #LiteratureAndMemory

For the 30th anniversary issue of Outlook, we bring together writers who treat imagined spaces as acts of resistance, remembrance, and ethical refusal. These pages hold cities that remember what has been erased, landscapes shaped by memory and desire, and futures that warn as much as they dream. These are not utopias offered as solutions, nor fantasies designed for comfort. Our 'Elsewheres' by Pico Iyer, Sudarshan Shetty, Geetanjali Shree, Perumal Murugan, Naveen Kishore, Amitava Kumar, Ruchir Joshi, Aradhana Seth, Geet Chaturvedi, Annie Zaidi, Janice Pariat, Aanchal Malhotra and others.

'Great art never runs the race for perfection or completeness.' —The Master of Unfinished Things by @GeetChaturvedi Translated by @anitagopalan My review for @Kitaab kitaab.org/2025/10/09/boo… Thank you, @PrivyTrifles 💫

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'The water dries, but the coolness lingers on the floor. The sun sets, but the warmth remains in the dark. You leave, but our conversation continues within me.’ — @GeetChaturvedi 'The Master of Unfinished Things', translated by @anitagopalan #NowReading

@stujallen The Master of Unfinished Things by Geet Chaturvedi @GeetChaturvedi Translated from the Hindi by Anita Gopalan @anitagopalan

Bookmail! 💫 'The Master of Unfinished Things' by @GeetChaturvedi translated by @anitagopalan Thank you so much, Anita! 🌻 Looking forward to reading it.

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Ultra kind @twitatreyee to mention PERENNIAL with Vivek Narayanan's AFTER (@HarperCollinsIN/@NYRBpoets) inspired by Valmiki's Ramayana. The lines she hints at are from Anita Gopalan's translation of Geet Chaturvedi. Look forward to her full-length review. atreyee.substack.com/p/translation?…

@PenguinIndia @WestlandBooks @HBTsince1980 @niyogibooks @RakhshandaJalil @SimonSchusterIN @speakingtiger14 @redriverpress @Rupa_Books 47. The Master of Unfinished Things by @GeetChaturvedi , translated by @anitagopalan (Hindi) @PenguinIndia penguin.co.in/book/the-maste…

PERENNIAL: The Red River Book of 21st Century Hindi Poetry in Translation is finally out in PRINT slated to be launched @BengaluruPoetry Festival '25. 40 Poets, 26 Translators, 5 Years. Please support a truly-run independent press by ordering a copy. Limited ARCs available, DM.

In the beginning, there is music In the end, there is music What lies in between is literature This beautifully sums up the new eclectic work by @GeetChaturvedi in my tr, pub by Penguin. THE MASTER OF UNFINISHED THINGS One-of-a-kind lit NF you'll enjoy:) amazon.in/Master-Unfinis…