Kerala’s former Health Minister K. K. Shailaja launched her memoirs – My Life As A Comrade – in Delhi on April 28. Speaking at the book launch, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan applauded Ms. Shailaja’s work during the COVID-19 pandemic and her work as a political activist.
Mr. Vijayan said the book carries rich details about the battles that women from generations before her fought. “The book has a touching description about her grandmother M. K. Kalyani, who, disregarding her own health, worked during the plague. It is only apt that her grandchild led the fight against another pandemic of a similar scale,” he said.