A Thiruneelakandan A Thiruneelakandan is Associate Professor of History at the MDT Hindu College, Tirunelveli. After completing graduate studies at the Madurai Kamaraj University, he received his PhD from the Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli. His research interests are in the social and political history of Tamil Nadu, with special reference to the Dravidian Movement. He is the author of Needamangalam: Sathiya Kodumaiyum Dravida Iyakkamum (Needamangalam: Caste Oppression and the Dravidian Movement, 2017) and the joint translator of A Shudra’s Story by AN Sattanathan.