She is the secretary of a state-level apex body, All Manipur Nupi Maanbi Association (AMANA). A research scholar, gender rights advocate and a writer, Khurai is the author of The Yellow Sparrow and Pheida – Gender at Periphery. Published poems My Father and Nupi Maanbi Thabal by HarperCollins. Looming by Routledge. Her other published works include The Forbidden Prophecies, Visibilizing the Invisible, etc. For her documentary film NAWA – Spirit of Atey, she bagged the best non-fiction award at North East Film Festival in 2019.
She also works with various human rights organisations, both domestic and international. She has thrice delivered statements at United Nations Geneva and New York head office on issues faced by the LGBT community representing 10 countries in Global South and East.