Awards and Fellowships 2024Charles Wallace India Trust Fellowship for Writing and Translation, 2024University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Literature Across FrontiersAwarded the fellowship for my upcoming non-fiction book on Kashmir. 2020Jamia Millia IslamiaJTACON-2020 CONFERENCE: BEST PAPER AWARD (FEB 2020)Kashmir 2.0: Koshur Rap, Kashmiri Folk and the New Kashmiri Musician2014Metta Center For Nonviolence, California, USAMEDIA FELLOWSHIP, 2014Was awarded the fellowship to cover Tibetan Non-Violence Movement in India.Article and interviews were published in April issue of Emergence Magazine.2012Indraprastha College For WomenShri P.K.Sarkar & Amiya Sarkar Award for All-Round ExcellenceCreative Writing Awards 2018Toto Funds the ArtsLong-listed2013St. Stephens CollegeSecond Prize2012SGBT Khalsa CollegeFirst Prize2012Hindu CollegeSecond Prize2012Lady Shri Ram CollegeThird Prize (Hindi)2009Hindi AkademiThird prize for Outstanding Essay in Delhi-NCR