Nirmala Pillai is a graduate in Microbiology and postgraduate in English Literature from Mumbai University. She has also finished a postgraduate diploma in Journalism from R.P Institute of Communication Studies, Mumbai. Currently she works as a senior officer in the communications section. Pillai has published two collections of poetry and a number of short stories in various magazines in India such as PEN, Indian Literature, Eve's Monthly, The Heritage magazine, The Telegraph, The Little Magazine, and more. Her short story had been short listed for the South Asian Award by The Little Magazine based in Delhi. Pillai is also a painter who has held painting exhibitions in Mumbai, Delhi, and Chennai, Cochin. [Read 1 2]