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]

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, February 25, 2006
• Haunted by Fire (2013), Left word publications

References

1. ↑ Mythili Sivaraman - Boston Conference
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
6. ↑ Roja Muthaiah Research Library author page