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{{Short description|Indian writer and activist}}
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'''Shalin Mariya Lawrence''' (born 25 August 1983) is an author, columnist,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rooted in legacy learnings |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2021/apr/20/rooted-in-legacy-learnings-2292179.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=The New Indian Express|date=20 April 2021 }}</ref> [[Intersectionality|Intersectional feminist]], [[Ambedkarism|ambedkarite]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Poddar |first=Umang |title=Why the idea of reservations for Dalit Muslims and Christians has divided Ambedkarites |url=https://scroll.in/article/1036024/why-the-idea-of-reservations-for-dalit-muslims-and-christians-has-divided-ambedkarities |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Scroll.in |date=28 October 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> and social activist.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Chennaiites divided over Napier Bridge's chess makeover for Chess Olympiad 2022 – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/chennaiites-divided-over-napier-bridges-chess-makeover-for-chess-olympiad-2022/articleshow/93043663.cms |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=The Times of India |language=en|last1=Joseph |first1=Ashish Ittyerah |last2=Swaminathan |first2=Prakash }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=17 March 2019 |title=Pollachi sexual assault case: In glee to corner AIADMK, DMK tramples survivor's dignity, Nakkheeran fails its duty by leaking rape video |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/pollachi-sexual-assault-case-women-in-tamil-nadu-are-suffering-due-to-political-exploitation-media-bias-6275491.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=சைலபதி |date=26 October 2020 |script-title=ta:எங்கள் வரலாற்றை நாங்கள் எழுதுவோம்! – வடசென்னை படைப்பாளிகள் |url=https://www.vikatan.com/news/literature/conversation-with-bakkiyam-shankar-and-karan-karki-and-shalin-maria-lawrence-about-north-chennai |website=Vikatan.com |language=ta}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Shalin Maria |date=22 August 2022 |title=India Outraged for Nirbhaya – Why Is It Silent for Bilkis Bano? |url=https://www.thequint.com/voices/opinion/india-outraged-for-nirbhaya-why-is-it-silent-for-bilkis-bano |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bureau |first=ABP News |date=16 November 2022 |title=Tamil Nadu: Three Workers Die Of Asphyxiation In Karur |url=https://news.abplive.com/tamil-nadu/tamil-nadu-three-workers-die-of-asphyxiation-in-karur-1563746 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=news.abplive.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Shalin Maria |date=15 June 2022 |title=How Caste Pride Is Driving The Spate Of Child Marriages In TN |url=https://behanbox.com/2022/06/15/how-caste-pride-is-driving-the-spate-of-child-marriages-in-tn/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=BehanBox |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Discrimination not spared in violence |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2021/apr/27/discrimination-not-spared-in-violence-2295177.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=The New Indian Express|date=27 April 2021 }}</ref> She has been active in [[dalitism]], [[feminism]], social activism and literature. She has been giving voice and fighting for various issues like violence against Dalits, injustice towards the natives of Chennai, manual scavenging deaths, social advancement of transgender people, forced displacements of indigenous people of [[chennai]], everyday problems faced by women,<ref>{{Cite web |title=குரல்கள் – மதங்கள் பெண்களை ஒடுக்குகின்றனவா ? – Kungumam Tamil Weekly Magazine |url=http://www.kungumam.co.in/ThArticalinnerdetail.aspx?id=4705&id1=86&issue=20180416 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.kungumam.co.in |archive-date=13 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513204304/http://www.kungumam.co.in/ThArticalinnerdetail.aspx?id=4705&id1=86&issue=20180416 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Shalin Maria |date=29 July 2020 |title=பெண்கள் குழாயடி சண்டை போட வேண்டும் ! |url=https://vanakkamfrance.fr/441/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Vanakkam France |language=en-US}}</ref> and human rights abuses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=21-year-old Dalit woman's journey through oppression in Tamil Nadu |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2022/sep/18/21-year-old-dalit-womans-journey-through-oppression-in-tamil-nadu-2499408.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=The New Indian Express|date=17 September 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Transgender Tasty Hut: Social media saves Chennai transwoman Shaina Banu from third gender stigma |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2022/jan/20/transgender-tasty-hut-social-media-saves-chennaitranswoman-shaina-banu-fromthird-gender-stigma-2408815.html |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=The New Indian Express|date=20 January 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tamil Nadu: Shopkeeper, village head arrested for barring Dalit children from buying candy |url=https://scroll.in/latest/1033078/tamil-nadu-shopkeeper-village-head-arrested-for-barring-dalit-children-from-buying-candies |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Scroll |date=17 September 2022 |language=en-US}}</ref> She has written the books 'Vada chenaikkaari,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vadachennaikaari |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43593009 |website=Goodreads}}</ref> 'Sandaikkaarigal : aangalai punpaduththum pakkanga', and 'Jensy ean kuraivaaga paadinaar'.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ஷாலின் மரிய லாரன்ஸ் – Uyirmmai Pathippagam |url=https://uyirmmaibooks.com/book_author/%E0%AE%B7%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF-%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |language=en-US}}</ref> She is a renowned activist and writer of [[Dalit literature]] in Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 11, 2022 |title=Rahul Gandhi hears out Congress critics & backers alike in Bharat Jodo's short Tamil Nadu leg |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rahul-gandhi-congress-critics-backers-bharat-jodo-tamil-nadu-8145196/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life ==
Shalin Maria Lawrence was born in [[Pattalam, Chennai|Patalam]], [[Chennai|Madras]]. She is based in [[Chennai]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shalin Maria Lawrence on The Quint |url=https://www.thequint.com/author/1685343/shalin-maria-lawrence |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=TheQuint |language=en}}</ref>

== Participation ==

* She was a member of a panel discussion titled 'Penn and Politics' held by Shakti, an organization that rallies for equal political power for women with the [[Madras School of Social Work]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 27, 2021 |title=Penn and politics: A discussion on why women are underrepresented in politics |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/penn-and-politics-discussion-why-women-are-underrepresented-politics-144300 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=The News Minute |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2, 2021 |title="Penn & Politics" |url=https://mssw.in/2021/03/02/an-interactive-session-on-penn-politics-and-a-short-film-launch/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=MSSW |language=en-US |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118185142/https://mssw.in/2021/03/02/an-interactive-session-on-penn-politics-and-a-short-film-launch/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* She was one of the two resource persons in the three days national meet of dalit Christian women for change.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catholic Bishops' Conference of India |url=https://www.cbci.in/detail_Slide.aspx?id=598&type=1 |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=www.cbci.in}}</ref>

== Special Mentions and Awards ==
Shalin was mentioned as one of the '11 crusaders for gender justice in India' by [[GroundReport]], a [[Online newspaper|digital news]] platform.<ref>{{Cite web |last=pallavvjain |date=15 November 2022 |title=11 Crusaders for Gender Justice in India |url=https://groundreport.in/11-crusaders-for-gender-justice-in-india/ |access-date=2022-11-18 |website=Ground Report |language=en-US |archive-date=18 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221118183638/https://groundreport.in/11-crusaders-for-gender-justice-in-india/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Books ==

* Vadachennaikkaari – 2018 – Uyirmmai Pathiagam
* Sandaikaarikal: Aankalai Punpaduthum Pakkangal – 2022<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lawrence |first=Shalin Maria |script-title=ta:சண்டைக்காரிகள்: ஆண்களைப் புண்படுத்தும் பக்கங்கள் |date=1 July 2022 |publisher=Kalachuvadu Publications |language=ta |asin=B0B8F1DTKH}}</ref>
* Jensy ean kuraivaaga paadinaar – 2018<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lawrence |first=Shalin Maria |script-title=ta:ஜென்சி ஏன் குறைவாகப் பாடினார்? |date=1 May 2019 |publisher=Uyirmmai Publications |language=ta |asin=B07R979P7W}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://twitter.com/TheBluePen25 Twitter]

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