Murkoth Kunhappa was a bureaucrat and, later, a journalist. He was born on May 14, 1905, and was the eldest son of

Moorkoth Kumaran Moorkoth Kumaran (1874–1941) was a social reformer, a teacher and a short story writer in Malayalam. Kumaran came from a Thiyya family of Thalassery, Kannur. He was a disciple of Narayana Guru and wrote the first biography of Guru. He initiated ...

, a popular

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian languages, Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 2 ...

short story writer and social reformer. He was an associate editor of ''

Malayala Manorama ''Malayala Manorama'' is a morning newspaper in Malayalam published from Kottayam, Kerala, India by the Malayala Manorama Company Limited. Currently headed by Mammen Mathew; it was first published as a weekly on 22 March 1888, and currently has ...

'', a leading Malayalam daily newspaper, from 1966 until his death in 1993, during which he was a dominant presence in the cultural life of Kerala. Like his father, he was a follower of

Sree Narayana Guru Narayana Guru, , (20 August 1856 – 20 September 1928) was a philosopher, spiritual leader and social reformer in India. He led a reform movement against the injustice in the caste-ridden society of Kerala in order to promote spiritual ...

devan. He produced many books, writing in English and

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as well as in

: they include ''Sree Narayana Guru (National Biography)'', ''Jivithasmaranakal'' (''Reminiscences''), a biography of ''Mammen Mappilai'' (the founder of

) and an English-language children's book, ''Three bags of gold and other Indian folk tales'', which has attracted the interest of students of literature in several

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universities.. In 1990, he contributed ''Kalaripayyat'' to ''Crossovers: Explorations across Disciplines and Martial Arts'', which was published in 1995 by Seagull Theatre Quarterly.

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* The Hindu news

* Books of Kunhappa

* Sree Narayana Guru (Tamil) * Moorkoth Kunhappa with Phot

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