Her book Empire’s Garden: Assam and the Making of India appeared in 2011 from Duke University Press. Her book manuscript focuses on intimacies and circulation across the Eastern Himalayas. She is the founder of the Eastern Himalaya Research Network that nurtures research partnerships involving academics, junior scholars, and public intellectuals such as the Darjeeling Sherpa oral history digital archive she is creating in collaboration with the Himalayan Club’s Project Sherpa. She is part of the City Foods: People on the Move project on global food and mobility.