Nirmaldasan is the pen name of N. Watson Solomon, Assistant Professor of Journalism, School of Media Studies, SRM University, India. He is the Editorial Advisor to the Organisation for Studies in Literature and Environment-India (OSLE-India); Secretary of the Indian Online Media Forum; and founder-editor of the Journalism Online newsletter.

Creator of the strain index, he keeps track of plain language in his blog, Readability Monitor.

His first volume of verse titled An Eaglet In The Skies appeared in 1996. Ten years later appeared A Pocket Book Of Rhymes. He has co-authored Tinai volumes with
Dr. Nirmal Selvamony and Understanding News Media (2006) with Dr. I. Arul Aram. He has co-edited Essays In Ecocriticism (2007) with Dr. Nirmal Selvamony and Mr. Rayson K. Alex.

His online publications include “Rocking Pegasus” (2002), “Literary Trivia & Curiosities” (2004) and “A Quiver Of Arrows” (2007). Here are links to his literary and other writings: