Career
She taught English literature and critical theories in a number of colleges in Patna, Pune, Delhi and University of Hyderabad.Her last and longest spell was as Professor of English in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She was a visiting professor in several universities outside India, including University of Texas at Austin, University of Chicago, University of California at Berkeley, Macquarie University (Sydney), University of Canberra and Flinders University (Adelaide). They had two daughters.
They lived the final years of their lives in Hyderabad.