She began to write poetry in the late 1960s, and she was published for the first time in An Anthology of Voices of Guyana, which was edited by Donald Trotman.
[1] During the 1970s she became a member of the Messenger Group, a collective of Guyanese artists seeking greater recognition of the contributions of Indo-Guyanese people to the country's literature.
[7] Her poetry explored themes such as gender inequality and discrimination,[2] as well as love and the natural world.
[8][9][10][11] She addressed her Indo-Guyanese heritage and the impact of colonialism in her work; one such poem is Earth Is Brown.
[13][14] Other works addressed kala pani – the idea that Hindus are prohibited from crossing seas and oceans.