Ravikumar (writer)


Ravikumar is a Tamil intellectual and an anti-caste activist. He was the editor of the magazine, Nirapirikai. Nirapirikai inspired several new writers in the 1990s in Tamil Nadu.
Ravikumar is the founder of the anti-caste publishing house Navayana, along with S. Anand, and the former president of the People's Education Movement and PUCL
Ravikumar was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Kattumannarkoil, Cuddalore district, and served from 2006 to 2011. He was instrumental in bringing a new policy to handle EWaste in Tamil Nadu. The Tamil Nadu government started a skill development program and Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi, then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, created six welfare boards, both at the request of Ravikumar.
In 2010, Ravikumar won the Aringar Anna Award, conferred by the Tamil Nadu State Government. Vikatan Award for Translation Thiranayvu chemmal award for literary criticism manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Bharathi Award Vitiyal Trust Chennai. villuppuram MP

Positions held

Books

Prose

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Ayiram Pookkal Karukattum Manarkeni

Poetry

Tamil