Shobha Warrier is an Indian journalist and author based in Chennai.[1] She began her career as a creative writer, with publishing a number of short stories in Malayalam: "Ramakundam", "Meghana", and "Jalavidya". In 1996, she was awarded with the Lalithambika Sahitya Awards (named after the author and social reformer Lalithambika Antharjanam) for the lattermost, which was later translated to Kannada and Telugu.[2][3] Warrier, however, felt that she did not receive any recognition with the work and subsequently became a journalist after getting persuasion from her friends.[4] She is serving as the associate editorial director of the entertainment website Rediff.com.[2][5]