15 Facts About Joe D'Cruz

Joe D'Cruz won the Sahitya Akademi award in 2013 in the Tamil language category for his novel Korkai.

Joe D'Cruz is the Tamil Nadu state president of Samskrita Bharati.

Joe D'Cruz has 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.

Joe D'Cruz was born in a Roman Catholic Paravar family in Uvari, a coastal village in Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu.

Joe D'Cruz is married to Sasikala and has two children.

Joe D'Cruz has been working in the shipping industry for more than two decades.

Joe D'Cruz published a Tamil poetry compilation, Pulambazhkal, in 2004.

Joe D'Cruz filmed documentary films such as Vidiyatha Pozhuthukal, Towards Dawn.

Joe D'Cruz opposed Kudankulam nuclear power project, arguing it will affect the livelihood of the fishermen.

Joe D'Cruz has expressed his reservations on the upcoming International Container Transhipment Terminal at Enayam, Kanyakumari District.

Joe D'Cruz is in favour of developing existing ports over initiating new port projects in India.

The Indian Express 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.

Joe D'Cruz turned as a strong critic of the Bharatiya Janata party, three years later.

Joe D'Cruz criticized the BJP for emboldening political forces to kill people for eating beef.

Joe D'Cruz 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.