All places that appear in literature are imaginary, even when they are written as real. The opposite is equally true: all places that appear in literature are real, even when they are written as imaginary.
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
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
All places that appear in literature are imaginary, even when they are written as real. The opposite is equally true: all places that appear in literature are real, even when they are written as imaginary.
BY Geet Chaturvedi 5 January 2026
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