[1][8] Thereafter she obtained a BA in English Literature from St. Stephen's College, Delhi and an MA in History of Art and/or Archaeology from SOAS, University of London.

[9] Her writing has featured in a number of Indian and international magazines,[10] such as Time Out Delhi,[1] The Caravan[11] and Internazionale.

[13] The same work was also shortlisted for the 2013 Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize,[14] and longlisted for the 2013 uday lakhanpal International Short Story Award[15][16] and the 2013 Tata Literature Live!

[18] In Boats on Land, Pariat's stories – set between Shillong, Cherrapunji and Assam – undertake fictional re-imaginings of the transformations that swept through Northeast India during a period of three centuries, starting in the 1850s.

[19] Weaving together local folklore and tradition with unfolding social and political events, Pariat's style has been likened to magical realism[20] as well as to Haruki Murakami's writing.