Joe D'Cruz
R. N. Joe D'Cruz | |
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| Born | 1969 |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist,Ship management |
| Spouse | Sasikala |
R. N. Joe D'Cruzis aTamilwriter, novelist and documentary film director fromTamil Nadu,India. He won theSahitya Akademi awardin 2013 in theTamil languagecategory for his novelKorkai.He is the Tamil Nadu state president ofSamskrita Bharati.[1][2]
Joe D'Cruz has also been a managerial-executive in the shipping industry for a long time and is currently a member of the National Shipping Board of the Ministry of Shipping, Government of India.[3]
Life
[edit]Joe D'Cruz was born in aRoman CatholicParavarfamily inUvari,a coastal village inTirunelveli DistrictofTamil Nadu.He did his schooling in Uvari andIdaiyangudi.[4]He graduated with an M.A.(Economics) atLoyola College, Chennaiand did his M.Phil atSt. Joseph's College, Tiruchirapalli.He is married to Sasikala and has two children.[5]He has been working in the shipping industry for more than two decades.
Works
[edit]Joe D'Cruz published a Tamil poetry compilation,Pulambazhkal,in 2004. HisSahitya Akademi award-winning novelKorkaiwas originally published in 2009 and prior to that his 2005 novelAazhi Soozh Ulaguwas awarded the Tamil Nadu state government literary award[6]andTamil Literary Gardenaward. Both his novels are based on history and the lives of Parathavar fishermen of Tamil Nadu.[7]The first novelAazhi Soozh Ulagudealt with the lives of fishermen who usedcatamaransand theirconversion to Christianity.The second novel titledKorkairefers toKorkai,an ancient port city ruled byEarly Pandyan Kingdom.[8]It is about the 20th century community of pearl and conch divers there.
He also filmed documentary films such asVidiyatha Pozhuthukal(2008),Towards Dawn(2010).[5]His films mostly based on sufferings of Tamil fishermen. He wrote the dialogue for Tamil movieMaryan.He opposedKudankulam nuclear power project,arguing it will affect the livelihood of the fishermen.[9][10]
He has also expressed his reservations on the upcoming International Container Transhipment Terminal at Enayam,Kanyakumari District.He is in favour of developing existing ports over initiating new port projects in India.[3]
Support for LGBTQIA+ Community
[edit]Joe D'Cruz along with writerAravindan Neelakandansupported the initiatives ofGopi Shankar Maduraiand served on the advisory board of Srishti Madurai underAnjali Gopalan,Bracha Ettinger.[11]
Views
[edit]The Indian Express[12]reported that Joe D'Cruz received threats and hate-mail after he expressed support for the BJP PM Candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Mr.Narendra Modi,on his Facebook page. A translation of his work‘Aazhi Soozh Ulagu’into English, was also halted in retaliation by his publisher Navyana and the translator Geetha.[13][14][15][16][17]
He turned as a strong critic of theBharatiya Janata party,three years later.[18][19]In an interview withThe Hindu,he claimed to have realised that because Modi rose up through the grassroot levels, it was a myth that he would become a strong Prime Minister, and that the BJP leadership appears to be focused in reinforcing the caste structure andManu Smriti.He also criticized the BJP for emboldening political forces to kill people for eating beef.[19]In June 2017, he claimed that there is "No place for poor" in the agenda of Prime minister Narendra Modi.[20]He criticized the proposed Maritime Container Terminal at Enayam by the BJP government and said the promoters of the project were claiming that the Enayam coastline was a natural harbour but the coast is vulnerable to natural calamities.[21]
Bibliography
[edit]Novels
[edit]- Aazhi Soozh Ulagu
- Korkai
- Asthinapuram
- Verpiditha Vilai Nilangal
- Kavanam thedum Kadaloram
- Padaipugalin Uraiyadal
References
[edit]- ^"TN Sanskrit Learning Gets Face in Joe D'Cruz".New Indian Express.6 September 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 18 November 2015.
- ^"People have been misled on Sanskrit for 60 years".The Hindu.12 September 2015.
- ^abKolappan, B. (30 October 2017)."Joe D'Cruz appointed to Shipping Board".Retrieved7 April2020– via thehindu.
- ^"என் ஊர்!"(in Tamil).Ananda Vikatan.28 March 2012.Retrieved19 December2013.
- ^ab"ஆர்.என்.ஜோ–டி–குரூஸ்".Dina Thanthi(in Tamil). 19 December 2013.Retrieved19 December2013.
- ^"Joe D'Cruz wins Sahitya Akademi award".Deccan Chronicle.19 December 2013.Retrieved19 December2013.
- ^"Sailing high as a writer".The Hindu.25 July 2011.Retrieved18 December2013.
- ^"KORKAI".Archaeological Survey of India.Archived fromthe originalon 20 December 2013.Retrieved20 December2013.
- ^"The Parathavas have come full circle".The New Indian Express.2 January 2013. Archived fromthe originalon 23 December 2013.Retrieved20 December2013.
- ^"Sons of the sea show true grit".The Hindu.2 December 2012.Retrieved20 December2013.
- ^"It's a great honour to be awarded for book on gender variants: Gopi Shankar | Madurai News - Times of India".The Times of India.Retrieved7 April2020.
- ^"Celebrity Tamil novelist supports Narendra Modi, gets threat".The Indian Express.13 April 2014.Retrieved13 April2014.
- ^"Pro-Modi stand stops D'Cruz book release".The Hindu.14 April 2014.Retrieved14 April2014.
- ^Mehernaz Patel (15 April 2014),"It is fundamentalism of the people who wear liberal mask: Joe D'Cruz on cancellation of book translation due to his support for Narendra Modi",DNA
- ^Kolappan, B. (30 October 2017)."Joe D'Cruz appointed to Shipping Board"– via thehindu.
- ^abKolappan, B. (6 August 2017)."'Modi govt. bolstering caste structure'"– via thehindu.
- ^"No place for poor in PM agenda, says Joe D' Cruz".The New Indian Express.
- ^"Joe D'Cruz not on BJP Enayam page".The New Indian Express.
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