Ayinoor Vasu (GROW Vasu) (born 1930) is a Human rights activist and trade unionist in Kerala, India.
Biography
editMr. 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.[citation needed]
He began working in the Commonwealth Trust Weaving Mill in Kozhikode 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.[1] In 2019 he signed a joint human right statement for the release of Student Activist Rinshad Reera.[2]
Personal life
editGrow Vasu was one of the forefront leaders in the Thirunelli Naxalite action in 1970 in which 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 Kozhikode.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Ayinoor vasu was the biggest labour movements in kerala". Retrieved 22 May 2016.
- ^ "Joint Statement for the release of Students". Keyboard journal. Archived from the original on 1 June 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ indian express. "this revolutionary earns a living by making umbrellas". Archived from the original on 8 June 2012.
External links
edit- "This revolutionary earns a living by making umbrellas". The New Indian Express. 4 June 2012. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 24 July 2012.