PALA: “My first speech was to the rubber trees in the compound of Marangattuppilli Karingozhakkal house….they were my first audience. My talks on nationalism and politics were in front of those trees”-this is the start of K.M. Mani’s autobiography.

It was the revelation of Mani’s son Jose K. Mani and in-law Nisha that K.M. Mani had written an autobiography. On the 41st day of Mani’s death, this revelation has at Maria Sadan. “I became active in politics after struggling a lot. As an advocate in 1960, I made enough money. After finishing the cases by 3 p.m, I’ll go to study class. The journey is on a jeep. Almost ¾ quarters of the earned money is spent on travel. In order to avoid disturbing mother, Kuttiyamma will open the back door to the house. We’ll sleep after having some food. Next day I’ll get up early in the morning and takes a bus to Pala. The job of the advocate made me the politician I am today”, K.M. Mani wrote. Jose K. Mani and Nisha is finishing the preparations to release Mani’s autobiography.