Yehudi Mehta's video: Mythili Sivaraman at AIDWA Conference and at Keezhvenmani 2011

CPI(M) leader Mythili Sivaraman passed away on 30 May 2021. She was a leader of the trade union movement and the women's movement. Her investigation and writings brought attention to the massacre of Dalit agricultural workers at Keezhvenmani in 1968 by the henchmen of landlords. Her role was crucial in the campaign for justice in Vachathi, where tribal women were gang-raped by forest officials and policemen. Mythili Sivaraman was a founder of the Democratic Women's Association in Tamil Nadu which later became part of the All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA), of which she served as the Vice-President. She was a member of the CPI(M)'s Tamil Nadu State Committee for more than two decades. This clip is from the documentary 'Fragment of a Past', directed by Uma Chakravarti. Watch full documentary here: https://youtu.be/-sTYlVC5dt4