CYRIAC THOMAS THUNDIYIL was born at Trivandrum, Kerala State, India. He holds a Master's degree in ¬ Theology from Louvain University (Belgium); another Masters Degree in Mass Communication and Lin...view moreCYRIAC THOMAS THUNDIYIL was born at Trivandrum, Kerala State, India. He holds a Master's degree in ¬ Theology from Louvain University (Belgium); another Masters Degree in Mass Communication and Linguistics from the Munster University (West Germany), He had worked as News Editor for a few years in the daily newspaper "Deepika", (a Malayalam language newspaper in Kerala, India). He was Chairman of the Institute of Communication and Development, Cochin, Kerala, for the past 30 years; He was active in the TV field for over 15 years; then he has switched over to education field: was Chairman of Carmel Public School, Kochi, then Principal of Carmel International School Alleppey, of Christ Nagar International School Trivandrum, and of Mount Carmel School Enath, Kerala; and now Director of Infant Jesus School, Dwarka, New Delhi. Years of experience in the media and in education combined with the power of imagination have given the author the right platform to launch such a beautiful novel. LAHORE EXPRESS is his first novel. In 2006 he published his non-fiction book, "The Hidden Agenda" (546pp.), which was a legal, critical analysis of the "Self-Financing Colleges' Law", enacted by the Government of Kerala State; its Malayalam language version was published in 2007.view less