Mythili Sivaraman
| Mythili Sivaraman | |
|---|---|
| Vice President of AIDWA | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Mythili Sivaraman is a women's rights activist from India.[1] She is a Vice President of the All India Democratic Women's Association (Women's wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist)).[2]
She worked as a research assistant in the Permanent Mission of India to the UN (July 1966 to mid-1968). She was involved in research related to non-self-governing territories.[3] At the end of her stint at the UN, she returned to India to work with the left and became a trade union organizer and women rights activist.
She played a major role in publicizing the atrocities of the Kilvenmani massacre incident through her articles and essays. A collection of her articles and essays about the incident was released as a book named Haunted by Fire.[4]
Mythili also played a very crucial role in Vachathi case. She interviewed many rape victims and documented the facts and represented the case before the Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.[5]
Bibliography
- Pengalum Madhasaarbinmaiyum (1993), South Asian Books
- Pennurimai (1997), Thamizh Puthagalayam
- Samookam - Oru Maru Paarvai (1998), Thamizh Puthagalayam[6]
- Aan Kuzhandai than venduma (2005), Thamizh Puthagalayam
- Kalvithuraiyal, varumaiyal nasukkapadum kuzhandaigal, Bharathi Puthagalayam
- Subbalakshmi: Fragments of a Life: A Family Archive (2006), Zubaan
- Some of her favourite things Frontline magazine, 25 February 2006
- Haunted by Fire (2013), Left word publications
References
- ↑ Mythili Sivaraman - Boston Conference
- ↑ Vice president of AIDWA
- ↑ Research Assistant at United Nations
- ↑ Haunted by Fire, Published by, Left Word Publishing, Bharathi Puthagalayam
- ↑ Representation in Vachathi case
- ↑ Roja Muthaiah Research Library author page