Padmakshan Mundachali is a journalist whose work has appeared in national and international publications on international taxation, corporate crimes, and financial affairs. His last staff position was with The Economic Times, and he received the Redink Award Certificate of Honour from the Press Club of Mumbai in 2014 for outstanding business journalism. Oh! Radheya (Vale of Solace), his novel published by Notion Press, is a fictional retelling set in the Mahabharata, tracing Karna's inner search for meaning as the Kurukshetra war approaches.