𝑨𝒎𝒎𝒖'𝒔 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔!

Another important historical fact that never reached our ears or eyes… Today March 23 rd in Martyr’s day.. Cannot but honor the great souls that were lost for the sake of the freedom of our country which includes Bhagat Singh and others. Everyone is talking about Bhagat Singh and his martyrdom but how many of you have heard of K V Balakrishna Menon, who was first in the freedom struggle in India to die in jail?  He was imprisoned in 1921 along with Mr. Kelappan, 10 years prior to Bhagat Singh. Balakrishna Menon was a brilliant student, a young lad who was studying to become a doctor. He left his education to join the freedom struggle like scores of others including Mr. Kelappan when the then KPCC leaders K Madhavan Nair and U Gopala Menon were arrested and imprisoned in 1921. Mr. Kellappan Nair writes in his biography that he was studying law in Bombay and as soon as he heard about the arrests, he left his studies and boarded a train to Kerala. Both Kellappan and K V Balakrish...

An image from an article written by Shashi Tharoor  in Mathrubhumi K. Madhavan Nair the “Heart” of Mathrubhumi Founder, first Managing Director of Mathrubhumi, first and foremost president of Kerala Provincial Congress Committee (KPCC), accomplished lawyer, social reformer, dynamic leader who attracted and invigorated thousands of people to the freedom movement. These are a few of the achievements of my grandfather K. Madhavan Nair. A time when the British were brutally suppressing the Freedom movement….. A time when public meetings were the only platform to disseminate the policies and ideas of Gandhiji and other national leaders….. A time when the aftermath of the Moplah riots created confusion and misunderstanding amongst people and steered them away from the lofty goal of Indian Independence….. A time when Malayalam newspapers were in short supply….. The leaders of KPCC convened and concluded that a newspaper is necessary to disseminate truthful information and vie...