Meena enjoys the simple nuances of life – like arts and crafts, gardening, learning new languages, nurturing relationships, looking after her sea-view home in Mumbai. She leads a contented life, carefully looking after home affairs.
Meena R. Shankar is a member of “Poets Inter-national” and has presented some of her poems in AIR (ALL India Radio) talk shows at Delhi and Bangalore. She has published a book of poems called “Transient Thought Travails” in June 2010.

While at Indore, she used to write regularly to the “Letters to the Editor” column. Having cleared the NET (National Eligibility Test) for lecturership, she has worked as an Assistant Professor in Bhilai. Before marriage, she used to work in T.T. Ranganathan Clinical Research Foundation, Chennai as a counsellor.

A loving daughter, a dutiful wife, a wise mother, a simple mother-in-law and an affectionate grandma, she has balanced all relationships with elan over the years !! She is a rank holder from Madras University and passed out from Stella Maris college, Chennai and did her Masters in Social Work and from the prestigious Madras School of Social Work and met her life partner there. Meena R. Shankar is married to S. Ramesh Shankar, has a daughter Aparna and son Vignesh.
Having lived in Chennai, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Indore, Delhi and Bangalore – she is conversant in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada. An avid reader, nature-lover and art enthusiast, she enjoys driving down to different places with her husband during their free time.
The book is a tribute to the author’s father on his “Sathabhishekam” to be performed on 01.02.2012.
For any feedback, please write to mrs60@rediffmail.com