Nadira Cotticollan is a sixty-six-year-old grandmother belonging to Kannur in the Malabar region of Kerala State in India. She worked in the Ministry of Railways for 25 years and was holding the post of Joint Director when she chose to voluntarily retire in 2006. She has two children, a daughter, and a son. She is presently residing in Bangalore and spending her retired life in the company of her grandson.