Sunny M. Kapicadu

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Sunny M. Kapicadu
Sunny Kapicadu at a debate on Economic Reservation at IIT Bombay.jpg
Kapicadu at a debate on 'Economic Reservation' at IIT Bombay
OccupationSocial activist, writer, LIC employee [1]
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndian
Alma materSMV NSS HSS Kallara
Mahatma Gandhi University.
Notable worksJanathayum Janadipathyavum: Dalit Vijnanthinte Rashtriya Padangal [2]

Sunny Kapicadu is a Dalit writer-activist from Kottayam, Kerala, India. [3] [4] He has been vocal about the marginalization of the downtrodden. [5] He has taken active part in numerous protests related to issues faced by Dalit communities. Several of his speeches are archived on social media portals like YouTube. [6]

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Personal life

Kapicadu hails from Kottayam. [7] He is an alumnus of SMV, NSS, HSS, Kallara, and Mahatma Gandhi University.

He is an LIC employee by profession.

Position on issues and activism

Kapicadu's critique of caste encompasses many dimensions including membership through birth, forced endogamy, control of women’s sexuality, violence, exclusion, unequal possession of land and capital, and the collective mental state that in turn manifests as actual physical force. [8]

Kapicadu vehemently criticised the move of Left Democratic Front government in Kerala to give reservation for Economically Weaker Section among higher castes. [9] He argued that such a move is unconstitutional. [10]

He expressed solidarity with the verdict on entry of women to Sabarimala by the Supreme Court of India. He sees the struggle as a continuation of the Kerala renaissance which sought to undo centuries of caste and gender inequality and oppression. He therefore welcomes the verdict as a reaffirmation of constitutional morality. He described the protests against the court verdict as both anti-woman and anti-Dalit. He also called those protests a "mutiny by the Malayali shudras". [11]

Another cause that Kapicadu has fought for is that of burial grounds for Dalits. [12]

There was a death threat against him by a Bharatiya Janata Party worker from Thiruvananthapuram in 2019. [13]

Notable works

#TitleTitle in MalayalamYearPublisher
1Janathayum Janadipathyavum: Dalit Vijnanthinte Rashtriya Padangal [14] ജനതയും ജനാധിപത്യവും: ദളിത് വിജ്ഞാനത്തിന്റെ രാഷ്ട്രീയ പാഠങ്ങൾ2017Viddyarthi Publications, Calicut

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References

  1. ↑ "Indian society is the very centre of fascism: Sunny M. Kapicadu". Round Table India. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "KLF -SPEAKER-- Sunny M Kapikad". Kerala Literature Festival. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  3. ↑ "Sunny M. Kapicadu". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Kerala: No to 'Dalit' in government publications". Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Ameerudheen, T. A. "Interview: Sabarimala protests are a reminder of the role of caste in Kerala's enlightened society". Scroll.in. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ↑ 2nd Ayyankali Memorial Lecture, TISS, Mumbai by Mr. Sunny M Kappikad , retrieved 30 November 2023
  7. ↑ "Sunny M Kapikkad". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Kapicadu, Sunny M. (23 October 2023). "Mechanisms of Caste and its Annihilation". Azim Premji University. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "CPM's caste agenda | Kochi News - Times of India". The Times of India. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  10. ↑ "Gained in translation: Reservation, Constitution and Democracy". The Indian Express. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  11. ↑ Ameerudheen, T. A. "Interview: Sabarimala protests are a reminder of the role of caste in Kerala's enlightened society". Scroll.in. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "When Dalits in Kerala are forced to bury their dead under the kitchen". The News Minute. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  13. ↑ "BJP leader arrested for sending death threats to KPMS' Punnala Sreekumar, Sunny M Kapikkad". The New Indian Express. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  14. ↑ "അദൃശ്യതകളുടെ ചരിത്രവും വർത്തമാനവും". malayalam.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
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