Ayinoor Vasu (GROW Vasu) (born 1930) is a Human rights activist and trade unionist in

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

, India.

Biography

Mr. A. Vasu is also an environmental activist. He is well known for his bold stands in the fight for justice for Dalits, Tribals and minority communities. He was the first public figure in Kerala to take a stand against the arrest of

Abdul Nazer Mahdani Abdul Nasar Ma'dani (born 18 January 1966), also spelled Abdunnasir Ma'dani is an Indian politician and Islamic cleric. He is the leader of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from Kerala. Mahdani was accused of involving in 1998 Coimbatore bombin ...

. He began working in the ''Commonwealth Trust Weaving Mill'' in

Kozhikode Kozhikode (), also known as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India. Known as the City of Spices, Kozhikode is listed among the City of Literature, UNESCO's Cities of Literature. It is the nineteenth large ...

at the age of 16 in 1946. He has participated in many social and human rights activities and got arrested many times. The leader of Ayinoor Vasu was one of the biggest labour movements in Kerala. In 2019 he signed a joint human right statement for the release of Student Activist Rinshad Reera.

Personal life

Grow Vasu was one of the forefront leaders in the Thirunelli Naxalite action in 1970 in which Arikkad Varghese, Varghese, a Naxalite leader was killed. Following this he was imprisoned at the Kannur Central Prison for seven years. After being released from jail, many refused to offer him employment because he was a Naxalite. To subsist, he made and sold umbrellas, a craft he learned in 1955 to raise funds for buying a band set for the Communist Party in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasu, Ayinoor Trade unionists from Kerala Malayali people People from Kozhikode Indian human rights activists Living people 1930 births