""My Father's Garden" was shortlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature 2019 and won the best book prize at the Likho Awards for Excellence in Media 2019 presented by the Humsafar Trust.On 11 August 2017, the government of Jharkhand banned "" and summarily suspended Shekhar from his job, on the grounds that the book portrayed Adivasi women and Santhal culture in a bad light.