She has translated a number of classic works of Hindi and Urdu literature, including Upendranath Ashk's Falling Walls, Bhisham Sahni's Tamas, and Khadija Mastur's The Women's Courtyard.
Her 2021 translation of Geetanjali Shree's Tomb of Sand was the first South Asian book to win the International Booker Prize.
In 1998, she received a grant to write her PhD dissertation on the Hindi author Upendranath Ashk.
[9][10] Her translation of Geetanjali Shree’s Tomb of Sand (Tilted Axis Press, 2021) was the first South Asian book to be shortlisted for the International Booker Prize;[11][12][13][14][15][16][17] it went on to win the 2022 edition.
[19][20] She has published a critical biography of Upendranath Ashk (2004, Penguin),[21] and a novel titled Taste (Foxhead Books, 2014).