He is the author of the novels The Impressionist, Transmission, My Revolutions, Gods Without Men, White Tears,[2] Red Pill, and Blue Ruin.

[5] In a statement read out on his behalf, he wrote, "As the child of an immigrant, I am only too aware of the poisonous effect of the Mail's editorial line ...

[6] In 2012, at the Jaipur Literature Festival,[7] Kunzru and three other authors, Ruchir Joshi, Jeet Thayil, and Amitava Kumar, risked arrest by reading excerpts from Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, which remains unpublished in India due to fear of controversy.

Kunzru later wrote, "Our intention was not to offend anyone's religious sensibilities, but to give a voice to a writer who had been silenced by a death threat.

"[9] In 2016, Kunzru visited Israel, as part of a project by the "Breaking the Silence" organization, to write an article for a book on the Israeli occupation, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Six-Day War.

[10][11] The book was edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, and published in 2017 under the title Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation.

[12] During the Gaza War, he announced that he supports a boycott of Israeli cultural institutions, including publishers and literary festivals.