User:Binoy Varakil

BINOY VARAKIL Binoy Varakil was born in Thottumukkam, Kozhikode, Kerala, the Southernmost state of India, on 6th October 1975.Joseph Varakil and Leelamma Joseph are his parents. Had early education in Govt.U. P. school, Thottumukkam. Later studied at St. Joseph's College Devagiri, Kozhikode and passed B.A. and M.A. in 1995 and 1997. Passed B.Ed.in 1998 and obtained the National Eligibility Test for Lectureship conducted by U.G.C. in 1999. Started teaching career at St. Joseph's College Devagiri, Kozhikode in 1998. Got commissioned in Indian Army from Officer's Training Academy, Nagpur in 2010. He started writing poetry at an early age. Born in October(2004) is his first collection of poems. He writes poems and stories. He lives in Kozhikode with his wife Harsha, son Goodwin and daughter Annjelin. Varakil is an Indian poet,story writer, teacher, academic and Army Officer. Presently he lectures in Literature and Linguistics at hi Alma mater St.Joseph's College Devagiri, University of Calicut. 'Born in October [2004], Voice in the Wind [2012], Stone Rivers [2015], Birds and a Girl [2015], A Sparrow, squirrel and an old tree [2015] and Here is Light [2015] are anthologies of poems he has authored.Mountains, Rivers and Soldiers, the first novel of Binoy Varakil is published in May 2015. 'The River that Carries Gold" [2015], a collection of five short stories, is his first collection of short stories. 'My Unlucky Girl and other poems" [2015] is his latest title. He is at the moment in the workshop of his second novel and second collection of short stories. The titles of Binoy Varakil can be purchased from the following link: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_10?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=binoy+varakil&sprefix=Binoy+Vara%2Caps%2C513

Binoy has recently won a special jury award in an international poetry contest.

His first Malayalam book, an anthology of 25 poems will be published by Lipi Kozhikode soon.