Kammala jumlar mai zuwa: An haifi Menon a Angadipuram, Gundumar Malappuram, Kerala a ranar 10 ga Yuli 1942. Mahaifiyarsa ita ce MP Narayanikutty Menon, kuma mahaifinsa V.P.K. Nair. Shi ne babban dan uwan sanannen mai gwagwarmayar 'yanci kuma
Shugaban tawayen Malabar, MP Narayana Menon. Kasancewa memba na ƙungiyar Nair ta mata, an ɗauki sunan danginsa daga ɓangaren mahaifiyarsa na iyali.