Sindhu Sajan is a school teacher, social activist and a theater activist who actively devotes herself to the educational and cultural upliftment of

tribal The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in part due to conflic ...

children in

Attappadi Attappady (HQ:Agali) is a tribal taluk in Kerala state covering an area of . It is carved out from Mannarkkad taluk in Palakkad district on February 2021. Attappady Reserve Forest is a protected area comprising 249 km2 of land area in ...

. She directed a documentary titled Aggedu Nayaga (Mathrumozhi) , addressing the linguistic and cultural issues of the

community in

. The film was screened in short films competition section of the International Documentary and Short Film Festival Kerala 2015 (IDSFFK 2015) organized by Kerala State Film Academy, Also this film screened at the International Children’s Film Festival of Kerala 2018 (ICFFK 2018) organized by the Kerala State Council for Child Welfare, and screened in the MIFF prism non competition short films section of the Mumbai International Film Festival 2016, and at the All Lights India International Film Festival 2018.

Fowzia Fathima Fowzia Fathima (born 24 January 1972) is an Indian film cinematographer and director. Fowzia is known for her cinematography on feature films such as Mitr, My Friend 2012, Gulumaal: The Escape 2009 and Uyir 2006. She is an intuitive practitio ...

, the cinematographer of this film received the best

Cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the ch ...

Award of the Kerala State Television Awards 2015, She has also written a book titled Thai Mozhi which addresses the language problem faced by Adivasi students of

Palakkad District Palakkad District () is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala. It was carved out from the southeastern region of the former Malabar District on 1 January 1957. It is located at the centre of Kerala. It is the largest district i ...

Kerala State Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South Cana ...

Notable work

She directed a documentary titled "Aggedu Nayaga" (Mathrumozhi) addressing the linguistic and cultural issues of the tribal community in

. There are three types of tribes living in

Irula people Irula, also known as Iruliga'','' are a Dravidian ethnic group inhabiting the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. A scheduled tribe, their population in this region is estimated at around 200,000 people. People of Irula ethnicit ...

, Mudugar and Kurumbas and their languages are entire different from each other and from

Malayalam Malayalam (; , ) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was des ...

the official language of

Personal life

She is from

Tirur Tirur is a Municipality in Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala spread over an area of . It is one of the business centers of Malappuram district and is situated west of Malappuram and south of Kozhikode, on the Shoranur–Mangalor ...

Malappuram District Malappuram (), is one of the List of districts of Kerala, 14 districts in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala, with a coastline of . It is the most populous district of Kerala, which is home to around 13% of the to ...

and currently living in Agali,

and working as a teacher in Govt Vocational Higher Secondary School in Agali. Married to Sajan, an environmentalist, a painter, and animator. Sajan's animation film Pachilakkudu (My Home is Green) won the Golden Camera Award for Best Animated Film at the Nashik International Film Festival 2012, Her son Manav, who has won the 'Young bird watcher of the year ' award three times, given by Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History has been active in bird watching since the age of 8. Daughter Mithra is a student in the Agali government school.

References

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