D. Vijayamohan (1955–2020) was an Indian journalist, writer and the senior coordinating editor at the Delhi bureau of the

Malayala Manorama '' 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 14 March 1888, and currently has a rea ...

. Known for his journalistic coverage of the politics in New Delhi since 1985, he was a

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fellow of the

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and a recipient of several honors including the Award for Developmental Journalism of the

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, 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

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, in

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of the south Indian state of

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to P. K. Damodaran Nair and S. Maheswari Amma. After completing his schooling at Kairalee Nikethan School,

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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 University College, Thiruvananthapuram, often abbreviated as UCT, is a public college situated in Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, India. Established in 1866, it is one of the oldest colleges in Kerala. The college has been accorded "College with Pot ...

. Subsequently, he joined

in 1978 and worked at their

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and

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bureaus before moving to the Indian capital in 1985 to join the

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bureau of the newspaper. It was during this time, he obtained a

fellowship of the

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

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and sat in the

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. 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'', a biography of the

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, are his other works. During the

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, Vijayamohan contracted the disease and was hospitalized at

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and it was here, he died on 15 December 2020, at the age of 65, due to post-Covid complications. He was survived by his wife, S. Jayashree, son, V. M. Vishnu, an advocate and Neenu, his daughter-in-law.

Awards and honors

Vijayamohan received the V. Karunakaran Nambiar Award of Kerala Press Academy in 1986, and a year later, he received the M. Sivaram Award of the

Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram The Press Club, Thiruvananthapuram is the hub of media activities in Thiruvananthapuram, capital of Kerala. Established in 1965 with 20 members, which has now swelled into 350. Governor Sahay addressed the first ‘Meet-the-Press’ program o ...

. When Malayala Manorama instituted a Chief Editor's Gold Medal for excellence in journalism in 1995, he was the first recipient of the honor. He received the Award for Developmental Journalism of the

in 2004 and the next year, his book on A. Ramachandran fetched him the

Kerala Lalithakala Akademi Kerala Lalithakala Akademi () is an autonomous cultural organization established in Kerala, India, in 1962. Its primary purpose is to promote and propagate fine arts such as painting, sculpture, and visual arts in the state. The Akademi funct ...

Award. The book on

was selected for P. K. Parameshwaran Nair Award in 2007.

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