She is also a Research Associate in the Department of Afroasiatic Studies at the University of the Free State, South Africa. As a lawyer, she has practiced in the areas of family law, laws relating to women, constitutional law, corporate law and administrative law. She is the author of two books: "Reclaiming the Nation: Muslim Women and the Law in India" (University of Toronto Press, 2008) and "Gender and Community: Muslim Women's Rights in India" (University of Toronto Press, 2001). In Women’s Studies, Narain currently is teaching Women's Studies Special Topics 1, Women and the State in India: Colonial and Postcolonial Perspectives.