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

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]

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. 1 2 "Caste and its struggles in Sri Lanka".
  6. 1 2 "Books in Tamil".
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