13/06/2025
Author Mukul Kumar is a civil servant, novelist and poet. He belongs to the 1997 batch of Indian Railway Traffic Service. Presently he is working in the Railway Board, Ministry of Railways.
His published works include three novels, ‘As Boys Become Men’ (RUPA Publications), ‘Seduction by Truth’ (Bloomsbury, India) and ‘Lost in the Love Maze’ (Treeshadebooks), and three poetry anthologies, ‘The Irrepressible Echoes’, ‘Catharsis’ and ‘Rhythm of the Ruins’.
Author Mukul has made a foray into Hindi writing as well by translating his debut English fiction “As Boys Become Men”. It has been published as “Aarohi” by Prabhat Prakashan.
Author Mukul has been honoured with the National award for outstanding service to the Indian Railways, Bharat Nirman award for literary excellence by Bharat Nirman Foundation, and Poorvanchal Gaurav samman for his contributions to society as a bureaucrat and writer. His latest poetry collection “Rhythm of the Ruins” achieved the distinction of being recommended for Sahitya Akademi Award, 2024.
“Catharsis”, his second poetry collection, is now coming in a new avatar.
Meet the Author Mr.Mukul Kumar and get your copies signed! At Higginbothamsbookstores on June 14th 2025