 Her first poetry collection, Countries of the Body, won the 2006 Forward Poetry Prize for best first collection.She was invited to the poetry galas of the Guardian-sponsored Hay Festival of 2006 and the Cartagena Hay Festival of 2007.Her first novel, "The Pleasure Seekers", was published by Bloomsbury in 2010 and was long-listed for the Orange Prize in 2011, and shortlisted for The Hindu Best Fiction Award in 2010.