Binoo K. John is a senior journalist based in New Delhi. He has worked with several media houses, including the India Today group and Indian Express. He is the founder and director of the Kovalam Literary Festival and owns the bookselling portal Makemeread.com. Under a Cloud: Life in Cherrapunji, the Wettest Place on Earth was first published in 2004. Binoo?s other books include the bestselling Entry from Backside Only: Hazaar Fundas of Indian-English (2007, 2013), Curry Coast: Travels in Malabar 500 Years after Vasco Da Gama (1999) and the novel The Last Song of Savio de Souza (2011).