The author is a postgraduate in Mathematics who strayed into banking and stayed there. After over three decades of minding others’ money, he called it a day and pursued matters that interested him – writing in English and Malayalam. Author of “Kathayile Kanakk” a book of puzzles explained through stories published by the Kerala State Institute for Children’s Literature, he has translated Sethu’s award-winning novel “Atayaalangal” from Malayalam to English which was published under the title “Once Upon a Time: by the Sahitya Akademi.

The sketches are by Wayanad-based illustrator Baburajan Muliyankeezhil, an alumnus of the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram with international exposure in the advertising world.