SOMAN BABY

Soman Baby, a journalist based in Bahrain is one of the most popular Malayalee figures in the Middle East. A well traveled scribe, he is considered as the unofficial ambassador of Malayalees in Bahrain.

Such is his renown that almost every member of the Malayalee community, which forms seventy percent of the one lakh fifty thousand strong Indian community, know him personally, and approach him even for minor help.

It is a well-known truth that he is considered as an alternative route to approach Indian Embassy or to contact the echelons of power in the state of Bahrain, if normal avenues fail. His influence had been profound and far-reaching amongst the Non-Resident Malayalees.

Involved in Spiritual Work, Social Work and Community Welfare, he tried to ameliorate the lot of the expatriates through his philanthropic activities. He always tried to highlight the problems faced by them through his writings in Newspaper.

Even as a student he was interested in travel, which made him, take journalism as a vocation. That helped him to meet a large number of people and travel all over the world. The exploratory mind made him leave the shores of his native land for Gulf.

In his words the Gulf papers provide much freedom. If one learns to criticize creatively, the real problems faced by the community could be brought to the fore, without really offending those in power.