14 Facts About Kavita Krishnan

Kavita Krishnan was the editor of CPI Liberation's monthly publication, Liberation and the Secretary of the AIPWA.

Kavita Krishnan was born to Tamil parents in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu.

Kavita Krishnan's father worked as an engineer at a steel plant while her mother taught English.

Kavita Krishnan completed her BA from St Xavier's College, Mumbai.

Kavita Krishnan received an MPhil in English Literature at Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Kavita Krishnan became part of a theater group led by Arun Ferreira in St Xavier's College, Mumbai and she would participate in street plays and protests.

Kavita Krishnan was a member of the All India Students Association while she studied in JNU.

Kavita Krishnan became seriously involved with activism when she met the student leader Chandrashekhar Prasad who was a student at JNU and a member of AISA.

Chandrashekhar, who had been the President of the JNU Students' Union the year before Kavita Krishnan was elected the Joint Secretary, was the first to recognise her passion and to suggest her to work full-time for women's rights.

Kavita Krishnan was part of the protests in Delhi, where the student protesters were attacked by Laloo Yadav's men at Bihar Bhawan.

Kavita Krishnan spent eight days in jail for her participation in the protests.

Kavita Krishnan made a strong case for arguing on the basis of women's "unqualified freedom", "freedom without fear".

Fearless Freedom by Kavita Krishnan was published in May 2020.

Kavita Krishnan was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2014.