NAME: CAPT KUNAL NARAYAN UNIYAL
PROFESSION: MASTER MARINER IN MERCHANT NAVY
HE STARTED HIS SCHOOLING WITH ST THOMAS COLLEGE, DEHRADUN IN THE YEAR 1991 AND CONTINUED TILL 2002 ,
HE JOINED MERCHANT NAVY IMMEDIATELY AFTER PASSING OUT IN THE YEAR 2002 AS A DECK CADET. HIS ADVENTURES AND JOURNEY AT SEA INSPIRED HIS POEMS. HE HAVE BEEN WRITING POEMS SINCE HIS SCHOOL DAYS BUT TOOK ALMOST 10 YEARS TO GET THE POEMS PUBLISHED. HIS MAIDEN HINDI POEM BOOK ”KUCH KHWAAB SAGAR SE” WAS RELEASED BY HONORABLE SPEAKER OF VIDHAN SABHA ON 29TH DEC 2013. HE WAS CALLED TO FRANCE FOR A LITERARY MEET WHERE HE WAS FELICATED IN DIFFERENT EVENTS, INCLUDING ONE BY AN ORAGANISATION HOUSE OF LIFE AND ROTARY CLUB, NANTES. NAUTICAL INSTITUTE, LONDON FELICITATED HIM IN ITS DELHI CHAPTER ON 11 MARCH, 2014.
HE WAS NOMINATED FOR THIS YEAR’S SAILORS TODAY AWARDS FOR HIS BOOK. HIS BOOK WAS APPRECIATED BY PEOPLE FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE IN INDIA AND ABROAD. HIS BOOK IS SUCCESSFULLY REVIEWED BY DANIK JAGARAN, BOOK WORM MUSING, REVIEW STATION ETC WITH INTERVIEWS IN VARIOUS NEWSPAPERS, RADIO KHUSHI.
HE IS HAPPILY PERUSING HIS CAREER AT SEA BY PROFESSION AND WRITING BY PASSION. HIS BOOK “SPARROW IN THE MIRROR” IS A ENGLISH POEM BOOK DEALING WITH DEEP HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS AND SPIRITUALITY STARTING AND ENDING WITHIN. THE BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE IN FRENCH BY THE NAME OF " LE MOINEAU DANS LE MIROIR "