Sukumar (writer)

Sukumaran Potti, commonly known as Sukumar, is a popular satirist and cartoonist from Kerala state in southern India.

Sukumaran in 2014

He completed his education from University College, Thiruvananthapuram and joined the Kerala Police Department. He started his literary life as a cartoonist in Kerala Kaumudi and later became a full-fledged writer and satirist. Along with Veloor Krishnankutty, Sukumar was one of the most popular humour writers of his time. He received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in the year 1996 for the work Vayil Vannathu Kothakku Pattu.[1]