Best First Book Award, Fiction, 2024 - Godrej Lit Live!

Shortlisted for Fiction Prize, 2024 - Atta Galatta Book Prize

Longlisted, 2024 - JCB Prize for Literature

I feel like I know what a murder investigation in rural India must be like. This is more an experience than a book; beware, you might end up haunted. - Jerry Pinto

Hurda is a stunning debut. Atharva Pandit's masterful storytelling voice left me spellbound. - Sonia Faleiro

Reminiscent of Bolaño's polyphonous whirlpools, Pandit's novel deftly inverts the adage that it takes a village to raise a child. A remarkable debut. - Tanuj Solanki

Pandit has carved out a stellar tale of those we forget...a genre-defying monster of a book we've all been waiting for -- Nandita Bose - The New Indian Express Published On: 2023-10-29

A remarkable debut-compassionate, polished, unsparing, technically adept. The multifarious voices together create a haunting melody of rural India. Read this right away. - Prayaag Akbar

Pandit's astute observation of people ensures that he carves out his characters with finesse, down to the smallest detail...For its clear-eyed view of the rot in our systems alone, Hurda deserves to be read by the complacent and the righteous alike. -- Shubhangi Tiwari - Scroll Published On: 2023-11-12

A blistering portrait of sexual violence in India -- Chintan Girish Modi - The Federal Published On: 2023-11-11

Powerful and haunting...an impactful work...which...uncovers layers of hypocrisy and deceit from the heart of India -- Sanay Sipahimalani - Moneycontrol Published On: 2023-11-25

It is not often that novels are humourous and disturbing at the same time, but Pandit has pulled off this feat effortlessly right in his first novel. -- Aditya Mani Jha - Frontline Published On: 2024-03-22

Prize-winning debut that announces the arrival of a bold new voice in South Asia