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12 Facts About Suba Veerapandian

1.

Suba Veerapandian's eldest living brother is Tamil film director S P Muthuraman.

2.

Suba Veerapandian then joined Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai to do a master's degree in Tamil literature.

3.

Suba Veerapandian developed an early interest in politics, owing to his father Rama.

4.

Suba Veerapandian's prison-mates included S Ramadoss, Nedumaran, Panruti S Ramachandran, Nellikkuppam V Krishnamurthy, Professor Dheeran, P Maniyarasan and Thozhar Thiyagu.

5.

Suba Veerapandian got bail in late December, an year before his voluntary retirement as a professor in late 1997.

6.

Suba Veerapandian added that some junior lawyers had erroneously written in the statement that even verbal support to a proscribed organisation amounts to terrorism.

7.

Suba Veerapandian is currently the editor of the fortnightly magazine Karunchattai Tamilar since July 2007.

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Suba Veerapandian has written nearly 40 books on Tamil literature, politics and history.

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Suba Veerapandian has written and published 11 short stories as of 2012.

10.

Suba Veerapandian used to mono-act the exchange between Cheran Senguttuvan and his wife Venmal as found in the aforementioned film.

11.

Suba Veerapandian produced a serial show for Makkal TV, titled Kalloori Vaasal.

12.

Suba Veerapandian wrote lyrics for the song Achamenna Achamenna Aasai Thamizhey from the film Vengayam directed by Sankagiri Rajkumar.