Shalin Maria Lawrence

Shalin Mariya Lawrence (born 25 August 1983) is an author, columnist, Intersectional feminist, ambedkarite, and social activist. She has been active in dalitism, feminism, social activism and literature. She has been giving voice and fighting for various issues like violence against Dalits, injustice towards the natives of Chennai, manual scavenging deaths, social advancement of transgender people, forced displacements of indigenous people of chennai, everyday problems faced by women, and human rights abuses. She has written the books 'Vada chenaikkaari, 'Sandaikkaarigal : aangalai punpaduththum pakkanga', and 'Jensy ean kuraivaaga paadinaar'. She is a renowned activist and writer of Dalit literature in Tamil Nadu. Shalin Maria Lawrence was born in Patalam, Madras. She is based in Chennai. Shalin was mentioned as one of the '11 crusaders for gender justice in India' by GroundReport, a digital news platform.