17 Facts About Kambisseri Karunakaran

Kambisseri Karunakaran was the chief editor of Janayugam Daily, Balayugam, the Novel Pathippu, Cine Rama, and Janayugam Varika, a group of publications in Malayalam language, owned by the Communist Party of India.

Kambisseri Karunakaran was an MLA, Member of Thiru-Kochi Legislative Assembly from 1952 to 1954 representing Kayamkulam constituency.

Kambisseri Karunakaran died aged 55 around 4.30 PM on 27 July 1977 at the pay ward of the Medical College Hospital at Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the Kerala state.

Kambisseri Karunakaran grew up imbibing the revolutionary and rationalist qualities of his father.

However, unlike his father, Kambisseri Karunakaran was of quiet and soft temperament.

Kambisseri Karunakaran was only eight years old when his mother died.

Kambisseri Karunakaran completed the madras matriculation examination in 1938 and joined the Trivandrum Sanskrit college.

Kambisseri Karunakaran was arrested during the picketing and sent to a jail at Eraniyal in Tamil Nadu.

Until 1948, Kambisseri Karunakaran was a member of the Indian National Congress.

In 1951, Kambisseri Karunakaran contested the Thiru-Kochi assembly election from Kayamkulam constituency, Krishnapuram Taluk [4] as a Communist candidate against Thazhava Kesavan of Congress party.

Kambisseri Karunakaran turned to journalism to channelize his thoughts and ideology.

Kambisseri Karunakaran was an exceptional editor and a journalist who understood the psyche of the reader and brought in several bold and path-breaking trends into journalism.

Kambisseri Karunakaran was the chief editor of the 'Bharatha Thozhilali' and he was assisted by Thoppil Bhasi and Puthussery Ramachandran.

Several notable writers have written for this hand-written magazine which Kambisseri Karunakaran collated, edited, illustrated and calligraphed himself.

Kambisseri Karunakaran remained synonymous with the newspaper till his death in 1977.

Kambisseri Karunakaran was a leader who believed in maintaining a flat organizational structure and his co-workers recount that he maintained absolutely no power distance from his team.

Kambisseri Karunakaran actively pitched in to help all with no discrimination and demonstrated a very democratic style of leadership.