Adv. A. Jayashankar is a lawyer and a media critic from Kerala, India. Earlier he had written many articles in the daily newspaper Madhyamam under a pen name 'Rajeshwari' which became popular. He became very famous through his weekly program in a malayalam TV news channel Indiavision, called 'Varanthyam'. This program attracted many viewers in Kerala. He is also famous for his political analysis in various malayalam TV news channels.