 She is presently leading an Oxfam funded research project on domestic violence and dalit women.A review of some of her stories in translation described Gogu Shyamala's writing as having "an evidently oral quality," which created detailed and authentic portraits of the people and situations she describes.This "oral quality" has been described as "the most striking thing" about her collection of short stories, "Father May Be An Elephant And Mother Only A Small Basket, But..." which is a landmark in Telangana dalit literature in translation.