- P. A. Varghese
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P.A.Varghese (P.A. Variath) was born at Cheranalloor in 1950 to Poonoly Auseph a little known local congressman who did not even apply for the freedom fighter pension. He was married to Elia a selfless hardworking woman who raised 7 children when her husband who was mostly away from home. Being inclined to drinking, he did not save much for the family and Varghese, the fifth child was brought up in utter poverty. He was good in studies and started taking free tuitions for his classmates when he was in the tenth standard and later, after matriculation he joined the petite seminary Ernakulam and then went to the St. Joseph's Pontifical Seminary Alwaye where he got the prestigious award, Summa Cum Laude for 5 subjects. He did not philosophically agree with the doctrines of the Catholic Church and left the seminary during the philosophy course. With the prize money he joined the College of Engineering and continued his engineering studies by taking tuition. During this period he used to help his parents with whatever he could save from the small fees he got for tuition.
He had his primary education in GVHS at Koovappady in Ernakulam District. Though hailing from a remote village, a poor family and studies in a Malayalam medium school, he studied English by himself and was the first in St. Albert's College for Pre-Degree and became the editor of the English section of the Pontifical seminary magazine . He took his degree in Engineering (Civil) from College of Engineering, Trivandrum . He got a good rank in civil engineering in Kerala University and came first in the All India officer test conducted by IBP in 1975 in Mumbai. But he joined TKM Engineering College in 1976 as a lecturer. Later, he left the college to devote time for writing and social uplift. He has continued his studies and took MHRM from Pondicherry University in 2003 at the age of 53.
Writer
P.A.Varghese has published more self-help books than any other author in the genre in Malayalam. He is author of the following books among others
- Vijayaveedhi (current books) http://www.indiaplaza.in/vijayaveedhi-varghese-p-a/books/812401213X.htm
- Ningaluday Kutty vijayikkan, (current books) http://www.indiaplaza.in/ningalute-kutty-vijayikkan-malayalam-prof-p-a-varghese/books/8124016844.htm
- NLP enna Vijayamantram, (DC books) http://www.indiaplaza.in/books/ISBN-8126410906.htm http://netbiosdemo.in/web/dcbooksgroups/dccurrentbooks/php/bookDetails.php?bid=237
- Ennum Arogyavanyirikhan (current books) http://www.puzha.com/e-arcade/dcb/cgi-bin/book-detail.cgi?code=6374
- Ormayundagan, (Mathrubhumi Books) http://books.indulekha.com/2007/10/25/ormayundavan/
- Chinthichu Valaruka (Mathrubhumi Books) http://www.maebag.com/details.php?ItemCode=3151&&ItemName=Chinthichu%20Valaruka
- Ennum Yuvathum (Mathrubhumi Books)
- Uyarchayuday Markharekha (Mathrubhumi Books) http://www.flipkart.com/uyarchayute-margaregha-prof-pa-varghese/8182640091-8v23f6dvub
- Prasangakala (Gautha Books Trivandrum), later by Libi publications, Kozhikode.
- Yenganey Dhanavanagam (H&C books TRICHUR);
- Sthreeye adichamarthano published by sthree purusha samathwa vedi.
- Control Your Thoughts, Better Your Life (Sura Books, Chennai) http://www.flipkart.com/control-your-thoughts-better-life/8184491018-aw23fmkjyc
Other self published books include Develop Your Memory, Develop Your IQ.
He has written around 800 article abstracts in shvoong.com [1] some of them have high hit rates and 36 blogs in blogger.com "women suffer through the centuries"[2] He has been writing weekly columns in Managalam (Malayalam daily) (career guidance), in Metro Manorama (Malayala Manorama Supplement), Janmabhoomi (Malayalam daily) and now in Dheepika (Malayalam daily).
A social reformer
Prof. P.A.Varghese believes and advocates that anyone can come up from any background and that no one is destined to poverty, suffering or sickness. He has been active in motivating the students, youth and the middle aged. He is a powerful speaker and can change the belief system of any group in less than an hour. He has taken it as a mission to make a drastic change in the attitude of the youngsters and he tries to weed out the doctrine of karma and pre-destiny which adversely affects their growth. He is also a proponent of free market economy and crusader against the socialistic approaches.
Awards & recognitions
He has received a number of awards as a student, speaker and presenter. TV channels like Kairali TV interviewed him (2003). Surya TV used to broadcast his memory talks once a week in 2002 and Asianet has aired his views on how to write exams and so has Doordarshan (Trivandrum) broadcast his talks on how to succeed in life in 2003-04.
Jeevan TV used to air his program Vijayaveedhi for an year during 2005-'06 period. He has been awarded "Melvin Jones Fellow" from Lions Club International USA and Editor's choice award from Poetry Society, (Owing Mills 1994)
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