A catalyst for the community and a champion for humanity

When Sunny Kulathakal first came to the Gulf in 1977, he was already an established media professional and was on deputation to do an assignment for a leading publication of the time, The Illustrated Weekly of India. The emerging Gulf boom had many people back home wondering of how life was, in this much spoken-of new land of wealth and opportunity. But like any growing economy, there were grim realities to every success story. Sunny was a first hand witness to the conditions of expatriates who though respected in their homeland, lived and worked in challenging circumstances during their Gulf tenures. This caused Sunny to stay back after his assignment and join the expatriate community in creating better lifestyles and opportunities for them through an exercise of networking and collaboration. Sunny is also an accomplished author. His Malayalam work on the vices that grip modern society was an eye opener and a shocking revelation of the grimy underbelly of society that needs correction right from the roots. He also has to his credit a biography of Martin Luther King, whose commitment to uplift the downtrodden was a source of inspiration for Sunny. His later works, like the epic book ‘Kalpadukal’ (Footprints) comprises interviews published in various newspapers.