Uthaya Sankar SB grew up in Lorong B, Aulong Lama village in Taiping, Perak, where the majority of people along the lane were Indian and there were only two Malay families.
He runs Perunding Media, Motivasi dan Penerbitan Uthaya (a consultation company) and is also the founder president of Kavyan.
[citation needed] Amir Muhammad refers to Uthaya as "one of our brightest literary stars and has won many awards" in The Edge (19 November 2001) and "a local Haruki Murakami" in New Straits Times (28 January 2005).
[citation needed] He is also known as "a writer who does not fail to capture the attention of his audience with his outspokenness and, not to forget, provocative introductions" as mentioned by Cheah Phaik Kin in New Straits Times (2 December 1998).
[citation needed] Uthaya was arrested by the Malaysian police on 11 April 2022 for allegedly insulting Prophet Muhammad through a Facebook posting where he quoted an authorized Hadith.