In 2005, she received a fellowship in research and writing[REF] from the MacArthur Foundation , and travelled to Mumbai to document the situation of Nepali women who were rescued and rehabilitated from the redlight districts in homes.
In 2008, she joined Chemonics to work in the Nepal Transition Initiative [REF] as a media officer, where she became engaged in a broad number of media projects related to the transition from conflict to peace.