Bidisha began writing for arts magazines i-D, Oyster, Volume, Dazed and Confused and the NME at 15, after launching a style fanzine at 14 as part of the riot grrrl movement.
Bidisha was one of the judges for the 2009 Orange Prize for Fiction and was announced as one of the judges of the 2010 John Llewellyn Rhys Prize [REF].