Several organisations and individuals also took to social media to condole Mythily’s loss. A rare and most precious quality of hers was her total lack of any left sectarianism.” The CPI(M)’s Tamil Nadu unit condoled the loss of a “fierce women’s rights revolutionary.”ĬPI (ML) leader Kavita Krishnan, tweeted: “Mythili remained a fiery trade union organiser in Tamil Nadu, an AIDWA office bearer, and also a Marxist writer of rare insight and rigour. Mythili wrote a number of important articles and booklets on class and gender issues in Tamil and English,” it added. “A dedicated Marxist, she worked as a member of the Tamil Nadu CPI(M) State Committee for more than two decades. Earlier, she had conducted a searing investigation of the massacre of Dalit agricultural workers in Keezhvenmani in 1968, it said. Her death was condoled by Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin and leaders, activists, writers, academics and citizens from across the spectrum.Įxpressing “deep grief”, a CPIM) polit bureau statement recalled that she led many struggles against caste and gender oppression, notable of which was the struggle of the tribal women of Vachathi. “Forty-four women and children from Dalit families died in their homes due to arson committed by upper caste groups leading to the Keezhvenmani massacre and Mythili was among the first to visit and document the brutality,” said a report by News Minute.
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