K. Kunhiraman who writes under the pen name K. Panoor is a civil rights activist, poet and writer from Kerala, India.
[2] The story of 1985 Malayalam film Uyarunm Njan Nadake directed by P. Chandrakumar with Mohanlal in the lead was based on the book Keralathile Africa.
[5] Reading Bengali novelist Vibhuti Bhushan Bandopadhyay's Aranyakam marked a turning point in his life.
[6] Desiring to find a solution to the plight of the adivasis, he volunteered to serve in the Tribal Welfare Department and became the project director on deputation for the four districts of North Kerala.
[8] During the debate on the Land Reforms Act in the Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1964, O. P. Koran MLA raised the issue and as proof, he presented book by Panoor to the niyamasabha speaker.
[8] The government's solution to this problem was to confiscate copies of Keralathile Africa under National Security Act and take disciplinary action against the author.