[1][2] She served as the first female executive member of the Royal Nepal Academy.

[4] She has published multiple poetry collections such as Dhopee and Toya Gurungka Lama Kavita and a short story collection called Kusum.

She was born on 30 March 1948 (18 Chaitra 2004 BS) in Kodari village of Sindhupalchowk district, a village near the Sino-Nepalese border as the eldest of seven children to father Purna Bahadur Gurung and mother Padma Kumari Gurung.

She started writing poems since an early age.

[7] Poetry collections and long poems Short story collection Memoir She has received multiple awards for her works such as ‘Pratibha Puraskar’ in 1986, ‘Bethit Literary Award’ in 1988 and Ratna Shree gold medal in 1989.