For "Cooking Women"
The Picador-Outlook Non-fiction Prize 2004
For An Atlas of Impossible Longing
The Impac Award 2010 (longlist) The Crossword Prize 2008 (shortlist)
The Shakti Bhatt Prize 2009 (shortlist)
For The Folded Earth
The Hindu Literary Award 2011 (shortlist)The Man Asian Literary Prize 2011 (longlist)
The Economist Crossword Prize 2012 (shortlist)
DSC Fiction Prize (longlist)
