A. Jayashankar (born 21 September 1962) is an Indian lawyer, social critic, political analyst, and journalist from Kerala who is a member of the Communist Party of India. He is known for his sarcastic articles published in Madhyamam Weekly under the pseudonym K. Rajeshwari. He anchored the weekly news analysing show Varanthyam in the Malayalam news channel Indiavision. He appears as an analyst on various Malayalam TV networks and is popular for attacking CPI(M) leaders while backing CPI(M). He has often made remarks against several celebrities like Arundhati Roy, Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly Shri M. B. Rajesh