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C K Janu was influenced by her uncle P K Kalan, a famous gadhika artist and a member of Communist Party of India(Marxist) and became a part of the left party. She step into the arena of activism through Kerala State Karshaka Thozhilali Union (KSKTU) associated with the Communist Party of India in the 1970s who led a tribal uprising in Tirunelli forest in Wyanad and started her social career by speaking out from personal experience. Soon she became identified as the voice of tribal people. She worked as a campaigner for the Union till 1987 when she quit the party after becoming disillusioned with them as she felt the party was less interested in the cause of the tribal people.[4] She then embarked on a tribal tour to understand their problems and to mobilise them for struggle.[3]

Personal Life
C K Janu is a single mother. The tribal leader adopted a three-year-old daughter from Bilaspur in Chattisgarh and named her as C K Janaki. The mother and daughter staying at Panavally with Janu's mother and sister.