As a politician he currently represents Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), a regional party of Tamil Nadu. He published half a dozen of books in translation. He has translated the works of Mahasweta Devi, Ismat Chuktai, Isabelle Allende, Yehuda Amichai, Maya Angelou, Ethelbert Miller, Joy Goswami, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Michel Foucault, Edward Said etc to Tamil. He also published poetry works such as Avizhum Sorkal, Vaanil Vitterintha Kanavu and Mazhai Maram, and one short story collection, ' Kadal Kinaru”, apart from several translations. Other major works are Kankanippin Arasiyal, Kothippu Uyarndu Varum, Kadakka Mudiyatha Nizhal, Thuyarathin mel patiyum Thuyaram, Kaana Mutiyaa Kanavu, Katranaiththoorum, Kumbatchiyilirunthu kodungonmaikku, Kaalathai Thorkaditha Kalaingar, Piravazhip payanam etc. (2009) Venomous touch: notes on caste, culture, and politics is one among the popular works. He completed graduation and Masters and later completed PhD studies too. His fathers name is Shri Duraisamy V and his. He wrote Venomous Touch: Notes on Caste, Culture, and Politics.

He was born in Manganam Pattu, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu. He is a member of the Lok Sabha since 2019. Anand, India’s first and only publishing house to focus on the issue of caste from an anti-caste perspective. Ravikumar is the founder of the anti-caste publishing house Navayana, alongside S. Ravikumar won the Aringar Anna Award in 2010, Vikatan Award for Translation in 2014, Thiranayvu chemmal award for literary criticism and Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, Bharathi Award – both in 2019 and many more. He has formerly served as the editor of the magazine, Nirapirikai Nirapirikai in the 1990s. He currently serves as a parliamentarian in the 17th Lok Sabha headed by Narendra Modi. Ravikumar is a Tamil writer, journalist, intellectual and an anti-caste activist.

Venomous Touch by Ravikumar