Nadakkal Parameswaran Pillai

His book 'Coffee Housinte Katha' or 'The Story of Coffee House' is in Malayalam, the regional language of Kerala, the home state of A. K. Gopalan the Communist Leader of India and the father of the ICH movement.

[citation needed] Pillai was born in Pallippuram, a hamlet of Alappuzha in Kerala on 25 May 1931.

He engaged in a lot of jobs like Construction Worker, Cook, Bearer in Hotel, Wendor of Peanuts and Pan, Coir Factory Worker, Water Boy in Cochin Harbour, Clerk in Ration Depot, Clerk of Advocate etc.

As a result of the initiative of TK and Pillai, cooperative societies of Coffee Board workers were formed at Thrissur and Palakkad.

The first Indian Coffee House of Kerala was inaugurated by AKG on 8 March 1958 in Thrissur.

His daughters in law are Girija K.(Information Kerala Mission), Jaya Gireesan and Maya Murali.