Mythili Sivaraman

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]

Mythili Sivaraman
Personal details
Political partyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)

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
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References
  1. Mythili Sivaraman - Boston Conference Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Vice president of AIDWA
  3. Research Assistant at United Nations
  4. Haunted by Fire, Published by, Left Word Publishing, Bharathi Puthagalayam
  5. Representation in Vachathi case Archived 4 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Roja Muthaiah Research Library author page
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