John Rathinam was the founder of ''Dravida Pandian'' magazine together with
Iyothee Thass in 1885, focusing on the sufferings of the
untouchables in
Madras
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
.
An "untouchable covert",
throughout the 1880s he was involved in the promotion of education for "the depressed classes" within Madras.
Before founding the magazine, he founded an association for the promotion of welfare among them called ''Dravida Kazhgam''.
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Writers from Chennai
Indian publishers (people)
Year of death missing
Year of birth missing
Dalit writers
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