A shekara ta 1984, ta wallafa a cikin tsare <unk> game da wani mawallafin Urdu a cikin kwanakin da ya ragu <unk> wanda aka zaɓa don kyautar Booker. A shekara ta 1993, ta zama malami a rubuce-rubuce a Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Littafin littafin littafin 1999 na littafin littafin Fasting Feasting ya karu da shahararsa. Littafinsa, The Zigzag Way, wanda aka kafa a karni na 20 na Mexico, ya fito ne a shekara ta 2004 kuma sabon tarin litattafansa, The Disappearance of Artist, an buga shi a shekara ta 2011. Desai ya koyar a Mount Holyoke College, Baruch College da Smith College.
Shekara ta 1963