Kesari (Malayalam newspaper)

Kesari was an Indian weekly newspaper in Malayalam, published from Trivandrum under the editorship and ownership of A. Balakrishna Pillai, who later came to be known by the name Kesari Balakrishna Pillai.

Pillai started the newspaper in 1930, a week after the license of his independent weekly Prabodhakan was revoked by the government per the Travancore Newspaper Regulations Act of 1926.

Pillai continued the publication of Kesari till 1935 when the Newspaper Act was modified and the transfer of press licenses was prohibited.

Balakrishna Pillai's editorials for Kesari were popular.

He strongly criticised the government through his editorials and also dealt with literary subjects.