Nilotpal Mrinal

Nilotpal Mrinal (born 25 December 1984) is an Indian author, poet, socio-political activist and social media influencer. He is known for his books Dark Horse, Aughad and Yaar Jadugar.^[1] In 2016, he was awarded India's Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar.

Nilotpal Mrinal
Born	(1984-12-25) 25 December 1984 (age 40) Dumka, Jharkhand, India
Occupations	Author poet activist
Notable work	Dark Horse Aughad "Yaar Jadugar"
Movement	CSAT Movement Gamcha Movement
Honours	Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (Hindi, 2016)

Early life and education

Mrinal was born on 25 December 1984 in Dumka district, Jharkhand.^{[citation needed]} He attended high school in Nonihat and graduated from St. Xavier's College, Ranchi in 2005. He moved to New Delhi in 2008, where he began preparing to enter civil service and had given the Civil Services Examination (CSE) several times.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Mrinal's first novel, Dark Horse,^[2] was published in 2015. Written in Hindi, it depicts the difficulties of leaving village life for that of the city, and is set against the backdrop of Mukherjee Nagar, Delhi. It received the Sahitya Academy Yuva Puraskar in 2016.^[3]

Four years later he released a second novel, Aughad.^[4][5] Recently Mrinal released his third novel 'Yar Jadugar'.^{[citation needed]}

He also writes poetry and folk songs, and has appeared as a motivational speaker for TED (conference) and Josh Talks.^{[citation needed]}

Notable works

Novels

• Dark Horse (2015)
• Aughad (2019)
• Yaar Jaadugar (2021)

Audiobooks/series

• Jakhbaba (2019) for Storytel Originals
• Darling Democracy (2020) for Audible

Poetry and songs

• Duniya Esi Hua Karti Thi^[6]
• Chal Sadho Koi Desh^[7]
• Hum Bihar Hain^[8]
• Ab To Lagta Hai Desh Veerana
• Hum Hi To Kal Itihaas Likhenge
• Allahabad ke ladko
• O Maa Ye Duniya ^[9]
• Jagat Mati Ka Dhela Re
• Ye salli Dilli

Bhojpuri poetry and songs

• Jagmag Kare i sansar^[10]