Disquiet International Literary Program, Lisbon, Portugal, 2024
Barbara Crooker Fellowship, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Award, 2023
Auckland International Film Festival, Ask Me No Questions, Best Screenplay, 2018
Firenze Film Festival, Ask Me No Questions, Official Selection, 2018
Social World Film Festival, Ask Me No Questions, Official Selection, 2018
Sundance Screenwriting Competition, Ask Me No Questions, Semifinalist, 2018
Cinequest Screenwriting Competition, Ask Me No Questions, Semifinalist, 2018
Award for Teaching Excellence, Master of Arts in Writing Program, Johns Hopkins University, 2018
Wasafiri, New Writers Prize, shortlisted, Life Writing, 2016
National Endowment for Humanities, South Asia, 2012
Yaddo Writers Residence, Saratoga Springs, 1996
National Finance Development Council, Mumbai, 1996
New York Foundation for the Arts, Playwriting/Screenwriting, 1994
School of the Arts, Columbia University, 1990