S. K. Senthivel

S. K. Senthivel is a Sri Lankan political activist. He has been guiding the New-Democratic Marxist-Leninist Party as the General Secretary since 1989.[1][2][3]

S. K. Senthivel
சி. கா. செந்திவேல்
General Secretary of New-Democratic Marxist-Leninist Party
Personal details
Born (1943-11-23) 23 November 1943
Ceylon
NationalitySri Lankan
Political partyNew-Democratic Marxist-Leninist Party
Other political
affiliations		Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) (1964-1978)
OccupationPolitician

Early life

Sinnathamby Kasipillai Senthivel was born in Sirrupiddy near Puttur, Sri Lanka. He studied at Sri Somaskanda College.[4]

Politics

He was inspired by public opinion at an early age and began to act as a Marxist. At the age of 21 he became full time worker for Ceylon Communist Party (Maoist) in 1964 and participated in the 1966 October 21 Uprising against Untouchability in Jaffna.[5] He subsequently took part in a number of mass struggles and written many books in Tamil.[6]

Works

In 1988, he co-authored Caste and its struggles in Sri Lanka with Dr. Nadesan Raveendran.[5] In 1994, he wrote a book on sociology, human beings and social life. Subsequently in 2003, he wrote a biography of Communist M. Karthikeyan and the Northern Left Movement. Following in 2014, he wrote about K. A. Subramaniam the founder of the New-Democratic Marxist-Leninist Party on his 25th anniversary.[6]

References
  1. "The New-Democratic Marxist-Leninist Party in its 35th Year" (PDF).
  2. "NDMLP 40th Anniversary Seminar and Meeting".
  3. "Date of birth". Facebook.
  4. "Oral History".
  5. "Caste and its struggles in Sri Lanka".
  6. "Books in Tamil".
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