Tilak Ponappa

Tilak Ponappa was born in the Nilgiri Hills and spent his formative years at The Lawrence School, Lovedale, which is also located in the same spectacular mountainous region of southern India.  He lived in America for several years, where he conducted research on the biochemistry, tissue culture and genetic engineering of plants, and has a PhD from The Ohio State University.  He eventually moved back to India where he lives with his wife on a coffee estate in Coorg (Kodagu), Karnataka, tending to his plants and assorted canine and feline friends. He comes from a long line of coffee and tea planters and writes about life in this region in a humorous way. Tilak Ponappa’s earlier novel ‘Joy in Coorg’ chronicled the often hilarious adventures of Joyappa, a coffee planter. ‘Joy in the Coffee Season & Other Stories’ picks up the threads of Joyappa’s life and describes his comical escapades in the picturesque hills of the Nilgiris and Coorg. Tilak Ponappa is also the author of ‘The Cougar’.