Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I whanau a Menon i Angadipuram, Malappuram District, Kerala i te 10 o Hurae 1942. Ko tōna whaea ko M.P. Narayanikutty Menon, ko tōna pāpā ko V.P.K. Nair. Ko ia te mokopuna o te toa herekore rongonui me
Ko te kaiārahi o te whakakeke o Malabar, ko M.P. Narayana Menon. I te mea he mema o te hapori Nair matrilineal, i tangohia tona ingoa whanau mai i te taha o tona whaea o te whanau.