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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Tamil writer (1906-1965) associated with the Self-Respect Movement}}{{Indian patronymic|'''Gurusamy'''|'''Saminathan'''}}{{Infobox writer<br />
| pseudonym = Esji<br />
| name = Kuthoosi Gurusamy<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|4|23|df=yes}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1965|10|11|1906|4|23|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Kuruvikkarambai]], [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore District]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]] (now [[Thanjavur district]],<br/>[[Tamil Nadu]], India)<br />
| spouse = {{marriage|Kunjitham|1929|1961|end=d.}}<br />
| relatives = * Kuppu Ammaiyar (mother)<br />
* Saminathan (father)<br />
* Gandhamma (younger sister)<br />
* [[N. D. Sundaravadivelu]]<br/>(brother-in-law)<br />
* Saroja (niece)<br />
* [[Poondi Kumaraswamy]] (nephew-in-law)<br />
}}<br />
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'''Saminathan Gurusamy''' (23 April 1906 – 11 October 1965), commonly known as ''Kuthoosi Gurusamy'', was an Indian writer and journalist closely associated with the [[Self-Respect Movement]] led by [[Periyar E.V. Ramasamy]].<br />
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== Life ==<br />
Gurusamy was born on 23 April 1906 in [[Kuruvikkarambai]] (a village near [[Peravurani]] in present-day [[Thanjavur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2017-04-25 |title=குத்தூசி குருசாமி: சுயமரியாதையின் அடையாளம்! |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/opinion/columns/186348--2.html |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta}}</ref> to Saminathan and Kuppu Ammaiyar.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=கொள்கைவேள் - நாத்திகச் செம்மல் தோழர் குத்தூசி குருசாமி |url=https://www.keetru.com/index.php/2010-06-24-04-33-44/sinthanaiyalan-april-19/37148-2019-05-02-10-49-57 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=www.keetru.com |language=ta}}</ref> He completed his undergraduate studies at [[National College, Trichy, Tamil Nadu|National College, Trichy]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Vēlu |first=Kuruvikkarampai Cu |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rFluAAAAMAAJ |title=Kuttūci Kurucāmi |date=1991 |publisher=Vaḷavan̲ Patippakam |language=ta}}</ref><br />
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Gurusamy became involved in the Self-Respect Movement through ''[[Kudi Arasu|Kudiyarasu]]'', a magazine founded by Periyar.<ref name=":1" /> In 1928, after meeting Periyar, he formally joined the movement.<ref name=":1" /> His contributions included articles and editorials advocating rationalism, social equality, and opposition to caste-based discrimination and superstition.<ref name=":1" /> He later served as editor-in-chief of ''[[Viduthalai (newspaper)|Viduthalai]]'', a prominent publication associated with the movement.<ref>{{Cite web |last=migrator |date=2019-06-03 |title=Viduthalai daily hailed for spreading Periyar's ideology for past 85 years |url=https://www.dtnext.in/tamilnadu/2019/06/02/viduthalai-daily-hailed-for-spreading-periyars-ideology-for-past-85-years- |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=www.dtnext.in |language=en}}</ref> Gurusamy also worked with ''Revolt'', an English magazine founded by Periyar,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Rājaturai |first1=Es Vi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s8XxPgAACAAJ |title=Revolt-a Radical Weekly in Colonial Madras |last2=Kītā |first2=Va |date=2008 |publisher=Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam |pages=9 |language=en}}</ref> and contributed to Tamil publications such as ''Puduvai Murasu'',<ref>{{Cite book |last=More |first=J. B. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=76-AEAAAQBAJ |title=Towards Freedom in Pondicherry: Society, Economy and Politics under French Rule (1816-1962) |date=2022-10-06 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-78245-5 |pages=15 |language=en}}</ref> ''Dravidan'', and ''Pagutharivu'', facilitating the dissemination of the movement's principles.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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Gurusamy presided over the first Self-Respect Volunteers Conference held in [[Pattukkottai]] on 25 May 1929.<ref name=":1" /> On December 8 of the same year,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=2423&v=PjW0zsmizpk&feature=youtu.be |title=Valasa Vallavan speech about a History of Self Respect Movement - சுயமரியாதை இயக்க வரலாறு {{!}} பெரியார் |date=2025-05-22 |last=Tribes |access-date=2025-05-23 |via=YouTube}}</ref> he married Kunjitham, a fellow advocate of the Self-Respect Movement. The marriage became the first recorded [[Self-respect Movement#Self-Respect marriages|self-respect marriage]] conducted without Hindu rituals. The ceremony, presided over by Periyar, marked a significant departure from traditional practices.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jeevasundari |first=B. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LKgDEQAAQBAJ |title=The Life and Work of Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar |date=2024-02-16 |publisher=Zubaan |isbn=978-93-90514-86-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajendran |first=Sowmya |date=2018-02-01 |title=No thaali, no priest: Meet the couples who rejected rituals at their wedding |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/features/no-thaali-no-priest-meet-couples-who-rejected-rituals-their-weddings-75727 |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref> Gurusamy also advocated ending the centuries-old practice of barring people from lower castes from entering temples.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kabirdoss |first=Yogesh |title=77 yrs after Madurai victory, temples still shut for Dalits |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/77-yrs-after-madurai-victory-temples-still-shut-for-dalits/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><br />
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Gurusamy's contributions to Tamil literature included translations and original works. He translated [[Bertrand Russell]]'s ''[[Why I Am Not a Christian]]'' into Tamil,<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kītā |first1=Va |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bh6AAAAMAAJ |title=Towards a Non-Brahmin Millennium: From Iyothee Thass to Periyar |last2=Rājaturai |first2=Es Vi |date=1998 |publisher=Samya |isbn=978-81-85604-37-4 |pages=428 |language=en}}</ref> introducing readers to rationalist thought, and [[Jean Meslier]]'s ''Testament'' as ''Marana Sasanam''.<ref name=":2" /> Under the pseudonym ''Kuttusi'', he wrote satirical columns, some of which were published as ''Palasarakku Moottai'' and ''Puthiya Kuthoosi Thogupu''.<ref name=":2" /><br />
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S. Gurusamy died on 11 October 1965.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
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