I roto i te 1984, i whakaputaina e ia i roto i te tiaki <unk> e pā ana ki te Urdu poet i roto i ona ra heke <unk> i tohua mo te Booker Prize. I roto i te 1993, ka riro ia i te kaiako tuhituhi auaha i Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ko te 1999 Booker Prize finalist pukapuka nohopuku Feasting tona rongonui nui haere. tona pukapuka, te Zigzag Way, whakaturia i roto i te rau tau 20 Mexico, puta i roto i te 2004, me tona kohinga hou o ngā kōrero poto, te ngaro o Artist i whakaputaina i roto i te 2011. kua whakaako Desai i Maunga Holyoke, Baruch College me Smith College. Ko ia he hoa o te Royal Society o Literature American, te Academy o Cambridge Arts me Girton College, i whakaputaina e ia he pukapuka tuatahi i roto i te Baum: He aha te pātai a Desai?
Ko te tau 1963