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The prestigious Vaikom Award for Social Justice will be presented this year to Thenmozhi Soundararajan, co-founder and executive director of Equality Labs, the Tamil Nadu government announced on Thursday, October 23.

Established in 2023 to honour Tamil social reformer Periyar EV Ramasamy, the Vaikom Award recognises individuals and organisations for “noteworthy devotion to causes of equality and justice,” with emphasis on anti-caste contributions. The award takes its name from the historic Vaikom Satyagraha, the landmark civil resistance for temple access for lowered castes in Kerala.

A transmedia artist, theorist, futurist, Dalit author, artist, and technologist, Thenmozhi leads one of the largest Dalit civil rights organisation

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