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.

Early life

Sinnathamby Kasipillai Senthivel was born in Sirrupiddy near

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. He studied at Sri Somaskanda College.

Politics

He was inspired by public opinion at an early age and began to act as a

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. At the age of 21 he became full time worker for

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in 1964 and participated in the 1966 October 21 Uprising against Untouchability in Jaffna. He subsequently took part in a number of mass struggles and written many books in Tamil.

Works

In 1988, he co-authored ''Caste and its struggles in Sri Lanka'' with Dr. Nadesan Raveendran. 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Senthivel, S. K. 1943 births Living people Sri Lankan communists Sri Lankan Tamil activists Sri Lankan Tamil people People from British Ceylon