He made waves with his very first work, a collection of Hindi verse titled Kuchh Khwaab Sagar Se. The title of the book was indeed apt as the young poet is a professional sailor too.
He is Kunal Narayan Uniyal , a resident of the Doon Valley , who was felicitated earlier this month, at the Seafarer choice awards 2015 at The lalit, Mumbai ,the biggest award function in Indian nautical field which drove nominations and voting from around the world.
A master mariner and an alumnus of St.Thomas College, Dehradun, Kunal says that twelve years of sailing inspired him to write poetry and his collection of poems was launched in 2014 by honorable speaker of legislative assembly.Kunal was was called to France for the literary meet and discussed his work there. He was felicitated there by “house of life”, a literary society and rotary club, nantes.it was decided by the society to translate his work to French.He was felicitated by Nautical institute, london for his book and nominated for Sailors Today award 2014 in the exemplary personal achievement category.
Recently , his prose and poetry book “Unanswered “, which has a spiritual theme, was released at international film festival, Gurgaon on December 5, 2015, by famous director Sudheer Mishra . Concepts like death, pain, suffering, religion and morality are discussed by the author in this book showing his mastery over prose as well as poetry. Says Kunal , ‘ I have always been fascinated by nature . When I stand on the deck of my ship and see the surging ocean, I feel mesmerized , amazed at the unpredictability of nature.’
Unanswered is all about finding the answers which lie deeply hidden in a human being’s heart but we fail to discover it.
The unique synthesis of philosophy and spirituality in Kunal’s work is its beauty and speciality.His deep insight into nature and the human heart and mind give an added dimension to his writing which is a matter of pride for the literary world of Uttarakhand . Here is a young author, writing in English as well as Hindi, who has made his mark on the international literary scene. His works have been translated into French and Italian.