She began her writing career as a freelance journalist for The Independent while still a student at St. Xavier's and then went on to work as a copywriter in advertising.
She is a contributing editor at Conde Nast Traveller India (8) and writes book reviews and features for The Hindu.
Acharekar was awarded the Charles Wallace Visiting Writer's Fellowship[9] at the University of Stirling in 2009.
An occasional curator of literary festivals, she has curated/ co-curated the Kala Ghoda, Crossword and Celebrate Bandra litfests in Mumbai.
[10] The residency program that hosts international writers, visual artists, and composers was started in 1989 and is funded by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia and its Kunststiftung NRW.