D. Vijayamohan
D. Vijayamohan (1955–2020) was an Indian journalist, writer and the senior coordinating editor at the Delhi bureau of the Malayala Manorama. Known for his journalistic coverage of the politics in New Delhi since 1985, he was a Harry Brittain fellow of the Commonwealth Press Union and a recipient of several honors including the Award for Developmental Journalism of the Government of Kerala, V. Karunakaran Nambiar Award of Kerala Press Academy and the Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi Award. Biography. D. Vijayamohan was born on 28 February 1955 at Karingayil Karakkattukonathu house in Nedumangad, in Thiruvananthapuram district of the south  Indian sate of Kerala to P. K. Damodaran Nair and S. Maheswari Amma. After completing his schooling at Kairalee Nikethan School, Bengaluru and Government High School, Nedumangad, he secured a bachelor's degree in economics from Mar Ivanios College and followed it up with a master's degree from the University College Thiruvananthapuram. Subsequently, he joined Malayala Manorama in 1978 and worked at their Kozhikode, Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram bureaus before moving to the Indian capital in 1985 to join the New Delhi bureau of the newspaper. It was during this time, he obtained a Harry Brittain fellowship of the Commonwealth  Press Union and completed higher studies in Journalism in the UK. He was associated with Malayala Manorama ever since. Vijayamohan was the founder president of the New Delhi unit of the Kerala Union of Working Journalists. He also served as a member of the Press Advisory Council of the Lok Sabha and sat in the Central Board of Film Certification. He has written a number of books, starting with "Chentharkazhal", an anthology of poems. "A. Ramachandrante Varamozhikal", a book on the life and works of the noted painter, A. Ramachandran, "Ee Lokam, Athiloru Mukundan", "Humour in Parliament", and "Swami Ranganathananda