Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - 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 game da taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya kan Mata a China
, ga Deccan Herald a 1995, da kuma na 23 na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya 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".