Kammala wannan jumlar: A matsayinta na 'yar jarida, Sakuntala ta yi aiki na tsawon shekaru 7 tare da kungiyar "The Times of India" a Mumbai. Ta bayar da rahoto a kan
Taron Duniya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Mata a China, don Deccan Herald a 1995, da kuma taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na 23 a New York a 2000. Ta kuma kasance ɗaya daga cikin 'yan jaridar Indiya huɗu da aka zaɓa don halarta da rubutu game da Taron Duniya kan Ci Gaban Ci Gaban Afirka a Afirka ta Kudu a 2002. Rubutun ta ya gudana a cikin Deccan Herald tsawon shekaru 27 har zuwa 2009 kuma a halin yanzu tana rubutu don "The Wire", "Citizen Matters", da "Moneylife".