 Among Nair's early commercial works were pieces she penned in the late 1990s for The Bangalore Monthly magazine (now called "080" Magazine), published by Explocity in a column titled 'The Economical Epicurean'.Thereafter followed Nair's novel "The Better Man" (2000) which also has been published in Europe and the United States.In 2002, appeared the collection of poems "Malabar Mind", and in 2003 "Where the Rain is Born - Writings about Kerala" which she has edited.