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"Kanimozhi" redirects here. For the 2010 Tamil film, see Kanimozhi (film).
Kanimozhi
Member of Parliament
ConstituencyRajya Sabha
Personal details
Born (1968-01-01) 1 January 1968 (age 56)
Chennai, India
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s)Athiban Bose(1989-1997)[1]
G. Aravindan (1997-)
Children1
Residence(s)Chennai, India

Kanimozhi Karunanidhi (Tamil: கனிமொழி கருணாநிதி) (born 1968 in Chennai), is a politician and also claims to be a poet and journalist. She is a Member of Parliament, representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of India's Parliament).[2] Kanimozhi is the daughter of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi and his third wife Rajathi Ammal. She prefers to be known by the mononym Kanimozhi.[3]

Kanimozhi belongs to the South Indian Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party, where she functions as the chief of the DMK’s wing for Art, Literature and Rationalism, and is seen as her father's "literary heir".[4] Her half-brothers M.K. Azhagiri and M. K. Stalin are the Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers and the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu respectively.

Personal life

Kanimozhi was a student of Presentation Convent, Church Park in Chennai and later did her Masters in Economics in Ethiraj College for Women from the Madras University.[4] She was married to Athiban Bose, a Businessman from Sivakasi in 1989. Later after her divorce she married G. Aravindaan a Singapore based Tamil writer in 1997.[5]

Career

Before her entry into politics, Kanimozhi was a involved in various instances of journalism, such as sub editor for The Hindu, editor in charge of Kungumam (a Tamil weekly magazine belonging to the Sun group), and a features editor for a Singapore based Tamil newspaper called Tamil Murasu.[4]

Kanimozhi has also written Tamil poetry, and translated other Tamil poetry into English. Her own literary works have been translated into various languages like English, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu.[4]

Politics

In July 2007, Kanimozhi was Elected to the Rajya Sabha of the Parliament of India. She functions as a member of the Committee on Health and Family Welfare, Committee on Rural Development, Committee on Empowerment of Women, Parliamentary Forum on Children Member, and the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Human Resource Development.[2]

Other Interests

Kanimozhi has been known to support Pan Tamil issues, and in particular, Sri Lankan Tamils.[6] Kanimozhi also takes part in organizing various women empowerment programs,[7] and is also interested in the welfare of differently-abled people and transgenders. In 2005, along with Karthi Chidambaram, she founded a portal supporting free speech.[8] In 2007, Kanimozhi conceived the idea of the Chennai Sangamam, an annual open Tamil cultural festival, usually held during the Pongal season.

Job Fairs

She also spearheads[9] DMK efforts to organize Job Fairs, under the banner 'Kalaignar 85' across rural Tamil Nadu to facilitate employment opportunities for young people in smaller cities, towns and villages.[4] Begun as a small employment drive to mark the birthday of DMK President Kalaignar Karunanidhi in June 2008 at Kariyapatti (a village in Virudhunagar District) Job Fairs have provided jobs to about 70,000 unemployed youth spread across five districts. Places it has been held at include Nagercoil, Vellore, Udhagamandalam, Virudhunagar, Cuddalore, Tiruchirapalli and Tirunelveli. She plans to conduct similar job fairs all over Tamil Nadu.[10]

Literary works

  • Sigarangalil Uraikiradhu Kaalam[11]
  • Agathinai
  • Paarvaigal
  • Karukum Marudhaani
  • Karuvarai Vaasanai
Music album

Kanimozhi has worked on a production titled Silappadikaram based on a Tamil epic of the same name with Bombay Jayashri.[12]

2G spectrum controversy (www.spectrumscandal.com)

Main articles: Radia tapes controversy and 2G spectrum scam

In November 2010 Outlook published transcripts of six conversations between lobbyist Niira Radia and Kanimozhi from May 2009.[13] India Today claims that these conversations reveal that Kanimozhi filtered the information flowing to her father (the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu) and thereby "tipped the scales in favour of" A. Raja, who was Minister of Communications and Information Technology during controversial 2G wireless spectrum allocations in 2008.[14] The New York Times's Delhi correspondent Lydia Polgreen said Raja's rise to telecommunications minister was "emblematic" of how politics in India really work, with the DMK "more closely resembling a sprawling family business empire than a political party," and highlighted Mr. Raja's "close relationship" with Kanimozhi.[15] Raja was arrrested on February 2nd, 2011 for his alleged role in manipulating rules to allocate favourable spectrum to some telecom companies at throwaway prices.[16]

Following the Central Bureau of Investigation's raid on Tamil Maiyam, an NGO of which she is a director,[17] Kanimozhi said the DMK party will come out clean in the CBI probe, stating "The law has to take its own course. It is a process to prove us not guilty."[18] After the February 2nd arrest DMK party members and workers immediately passed a resolution declaring that the arrest doesn't mean Raja is guilty, and claimed opposition parties were targeting him for political purposes.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Big and Mighty Karuna family". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 1-Feb-2011. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  2. ^ a b "Detailed Profile: Smt. Kanimozhi". Govt. of India. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  3. ^ Our name is our first identity. Why should we change it?
  4. ^ a b c d e "Kanimozhi: A poetess politician in trouble". Sify.com. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  5. ^ "A Wedding In The Family", Rediff News, retrieved 2010-12-09
  6. ^ Kanimozhi the rising daughter in Tamil Nadu?
  7. ^ "Fight against injustice, Kanimozhi tells women". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  8. ^ Karuthu
  9. ^ V. Mallady, Shastry. "Private companies urged to participate in rural job fairs". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  10. ^ DMK job fairs a big draw in rural areas
  11. ^ "Dravidian ideals will remain the central theme: Kanimozhi". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  12. ^ Classic in a new idiom
  13. ^ "The Kanimozhi-Radia Tapes". OUTLOOKindia.com. November 18, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  14. ^ Ashish Khetan (December 17, 2010). "The Radia Tapes: Evidence destroys alibis". India Today. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  15. ^ Lydia Polgreen (November 22, 2010). "World view: Unlikely person at the heart of India's graft scandal". NDTV. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  16. ^ "2G: Raja Sent to Tihar Jail Under Judicial Custody". OUTLOOKindia.com. February 17, 2011. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  17. ^ Onkar Singh (December 15, 2010). "CBI raids Radia, Raja's friends; claims breakthough". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  18. ^ "2G probe won't hurt ties with Congress: Kanimozhi". The Economic Times. December 16, 2010. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  19. ^ "2G scam: Raja's arrest doesn't prove he is guilty, says DMK". The Indian Express. February 3, 2011.

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