Sanjayan

Sanjayan, the pen name of Professor Mannikoth Ramunni Nair or M. R. Nair (1903–1943), was a Malayalam satirist famous for his humorous anecdotes.

Sanjayan was born in Thalassery, a town in Kannur District of Kerala.

Sanjayan's contribution to the Malayalam literature were mainly satirical essays criticizing the contemporary social state. He was closely related with a journal called "Kerala Patrika".

He was the editor-in-chief of Viswaroopam, a satirical magazine in the Malayalam language.