Manushyaputhiran

Manushya Puthiran born 1968 is a poet and also a DMK supporter in Tamil Nadu He was born as S Abdul Hameed in Thuvarankurichi the Tiruchirappalli district He began his literary career in early 80s and at a very young age of 16 his first poem got published In 2002 he was awarded the Sanskriti National Award for his outstanding contribution to Tamil literature as a young writer Over the past two decades several of his poems got published in popular Tamil Magazines like Ananda Vikatan Kumudam Kalki and Kalachuvadu His political and topical columns are regular in Tamil periodicals such as Kungumam Nakeeran and Tamil popular daily Dinamalar He is known for his progressive views on various sociopolitical issues like capital punishment abolition caste system annihilation women liberation etc Now he lives in Chennai He is running Uyirmmai publication and Uyirmmai magazine On Aug 19th 2015 he joined leading political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam of Tamil Nadu