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Meera is a freelance journalist,  Columnist and an author.  A postgraduate in English literature,  she qualified herself in Journalism and Public Relations. She is a prolific writer and has published more than 1500 articles in the genre of features( including features on offbeat topics), interviews, humorous essays, travelogues, children’s stories, book reviews etc. in mainstream newspapers and magazines like The Hindu, Indian Express, Femina, Eve’s Weekly, Woman’s Era, Alive, Eve’s Touch, Ability Foundation etc.  She particularly enjoys writing features revolving around life’s experiences and  writing in a lighter vein, looking at the lighter side of life which makes us laugh at our own little foibles.

Radio /Television :
       She is exposed to the electronic media for which she has interviewed several leading personalities which were broadcast/telecast over All India Radio and TV during prime slot.

Travel: Meera loves travelling and has visited Western Europe, Australia, U.K., North America, Malaysia, Cambodia  and Sri Lanka besides most parts of India. She makes it a point to share her experience with readers, about the place and the people she meets (Her travelogues appear in leading newspapers and web sites). 

Meera’s book, titled ‘Madras Mosaic’, ( a social commentary ) published by Parity Paperbacks, New Delhi, was launched by the Madras Book Club on November 29, 2005 . It received rave reviews in the press and has gone into second print  within three months of publication. The royalty  is used  for the cause of the handicapped. Her second book “Feature Writing” published by PHI Learning is just out.

She is a visiting faculty in Journalism Schools and trainer in Communication Skills.

She has been interviewed by Femina  and SS Music channel on Television.

Meera  has addressed  several   Rotary  clubs  and  students of Semester on Sea on a few occasions . 

Meera’s  husband, Dr.N.Raghavendra Rao  is a Professor at SSN School of  Management  and Computer Applications, Chennai.