Cherai Ramadas
Cherai Ramadas is an Indian historian, journalist and activist from the south Indian state of Kerala. He is known for his historical writings and journalistic activities.
Ramadas, who started out as an activist aligned to the Communist movement in Kerala at the age of 18, later turned to history and journalism. He founded the magazine Uparodham in 1987 and served as its editor and publisher. He is the author of Kaala Shasanakalkku Keezhadangatha Dakshayani Velayudhan, a biography of Dakshayani Velayudhan, the first Dalit woman to be elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly. He compiled the documents and details of the sensational sexual inquisition of Kuriyedathu Thatri in 1905, which was later brought out as a book in 2023, under the title, Thaathreesmarthavicharam: Sampoornna Reghakalum Padanangalum. He also contributed to the reprinting of Sankara Smriti in 2017 by serving as its editor. Kayal Sammelanam Rekhakaliloode, Ariyappedatha Da Vinci, Ambedkarude Maranam, Avarnnapaksa Rachanakal and Ayyankalykku Aadarathode are some of his other books. His latest work, Ayyankali Prasthanam Rekhakaliloode, is a 942 pages book which includes 821 documents related to the Ayyankali tradition.