Ravikumar (writer)

D. Ravikumar
Photo for Lok Sabha in 2019
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
23 May 2019
Preceded byS. Rajendran
ConstituencyViluppuram
General Secretary Of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
Assumed office
2010
Preceded byThol. Thirumavalavan
Succeeded byThol. Thirumavalavan
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
2006–2011
Preceded byP. Vallalperuman
Succeeded byN. Murugumaran
ConstituencyKattumannarkoil, Cuddalore district
Personal details
Born10 June 1961
Manganam Pattu
NationalityIndian
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
OccupationVCK General Secretary
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D. Ravikumar (born 1961) is an Indian Tamil intellectual, writer, lawyer, politician and an anti-caste activist. He was the editor of the magazine, Nirapirikai. Nirapirikai inspired several new writers in the 1990s in Tamil Nadu.[1] He is an Ambedkarite and Buddhist.[2] Ravikumar is the current Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Viluppuram and member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.[3][4]

  1. ^ Satyanarayana and Tharu (2011). No Alphabet in Sight: New Dalit Writing from South India. New Delhi: Penguin India. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-143-41426-1.
  2. ^ "Want the complete annihilation of caste: First-time MP D Ravikumar". 23 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha".
  4. ^ S, Mohamed Imranullah (8 September 2021). "Villupuram MP Ravikumar tells HC he is a member of the DMK". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 28 November 2021.

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