Chowdhry is a Life Member of the Center for Women Studies. She has also worked at the
Indian Council of Social Science Research supported Centre for Contemporary Studies, New Delhi; an advanced studies unit of
Nehru Memorial Museum & Library. Chowdhry is an alumna of
Jawaharlal Nehru University, and professorial fellow of the
University Grants Commission. She has provided expert commentary to news media, including to
The Guardian about the impact of prejudice against having a daughter in India; to
The Guardian,
Associated Press,
TIME, and
Reuters about "honour killings"; to
The Statesman about the
Haryana social structure; to
NPR about the Haryana social structure and how it relates to the rape of
Dalit women; to
The Indian Express about the political history of Indian cinema; and to
Reuters about inheritance rights for women in India. Her 2004
Modern Asian Studies article "Private Lives, State Intervention: Cases of Runaway Marriage in Rural North India" was cited by the
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada in 2006. She has also written commentary in
The Tribune, including about violence related to inter-caste marriages, and advocacy for an investment in the education of girls to reduce poverty. ==Art career==