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| birth_date = {{birth date|1947|06|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Thanjavur]], [[Madras Presidency]], British India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2010|5|16|1947|6|29|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India
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* novelist
* artist
* social activist
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| period = 1977—2010
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'''Anuradha Ramanan''' (29 June 1947 – 16 May 2010)<ref>{{cite web|title=Noted writer Anuradha Ramanan passes away|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/tamil-nadu/noted-writer-anuradha-ramanan-passes-away_627217.html|publisher=[[Zee News]]|accessdate=17 August 2013|date=1 May 2010}}</ref> was a [[Tamil people|Tamil]] writer, artist and a social activist.

==Biography==
Anuradha was born in 1947 in [[Thanjavur]], Tamil Nadu. Her grandfather [[R. Balasubramaniam]] was an actor who inspired Anuradha to become a writer.<ref name=Express>{{cite news|title=Popular Tamil writer Anuradha Ramanan dead|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article271406.ece?commentId=103962|accessdate=17 August 2013|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=17 May 2010}}</ref> Anuradha started her career as an artist before making several unsuccessful attempts to get a job with popular magazines.<ref name=Express /> This prompted her to join ''Mangai'', a Tamil magazine after the editor found her writings very interesting. Anuradha's literary career started in 1977 while working for the magazine.<ref name=Express /> She also revealed the sexual harresment allegations about [[Jayendra Saraswathi]].

Apart from her literary contributions, she was well known for her "anti-divorce counselling" work.<ref>{{cite news|title=Saadhanai Penn – Anuradha Ramanan|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2003/11/21/stories/2003112101060800.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031126201738/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2003/11/21/stories/2003112101060800.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 November 2003|accessdate=17 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=21 November 2003}}</ref> In a career that spanned over 30 years, Anuradha wrote nearly 800 novels and 1,230 short stories.<ref name=Express /> Her works were mainly centered on family and everyday happenings. One of her early works ''Sirai'', won a gold medal for the best short story from ''[[Ananda Vikatan]]''.<ref name=hindu1>{{cite news|title=Anuradha Ramanan dead|url=http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/17/stories/2010051756100500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520013745/http://www.hindu.com/2010/05/17/stories/2010051756100500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 May 2010|accessdate=17 August 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=17 May 2010}}</ref> It was adapted into a film of the same name.<ref name=hindu1 /> Following this, her other novels ''[[Kootu Puzhukkal]]'', ''[[Oru Malarin Payanam]]'' and ''Oru Veedu Iruvasal'' were adapted into films in various languages such as Tamil, Telugu and Kannada.<ref name=Express /> ''[[Oru Veedu Iru Vasal]]'', directed by Balachander won the [[National Film Award for Best Film on Other Social Issues]] in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/38th_nff_1991.pdf|title=38th National Film Awards|format=PDF|publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=18 August 2013}}</ref> The 1988 Telugu film ''[[Oka Baarya Katha]]'' based on her work won five [[Nandi Awards]].<ref name=HT>{{cite news|title=Noted writer dead|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Chennai/Noted-writer-dead/Article1-544558.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130817190543/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Chennai/Noted-writer-dead/Article1-544558.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 August 2013|accessdate=17 August 2013|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=16 May 2010}}</ref> In addition to films, many of her stories such as ''Archanai Pookal'', ''Paasam'' and ''Kanakanden Thozhi'' have been adapted into [[Soap opera|television serials]].<ref name=hindu1 /> She was awarded a gold medal by [[M. G. Ramachandran]], the then [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]].<ref name=hindu1 />

==Death==
Anuradha died of cardiac arrest on 16 May 2010 at the age of 62 in [[Chennai]].<ref name=hindu1 /> She was married to Ramanan and has two daughters.<ref name=hindu1 />

==Controversy==
=== Sexual harassment allegations against Jayendra Saraswati ===
Anuradha Ramanan said she was subjected to [[Sexual harassment|sexual harresment]] by [[Jayendra Saraswati]] when she met back in 1992, when she was taken to negotiate the release of the spiritual magazine "Amma" by the muth. Anuradha Ramanan has charged Saraswathi of making sexual advances. He said that during their first meeting, he spoke about the proposed journal and offered to make her its editor, Ramanan agreed to the offer. During their final meeting, she said, he began using [[Derogatory language|indecent language]], and when she looked up from the notebook, the woman who took me to him was in a [[sexually intimate]] position with him. She said that the Saraswathi "approached" her, and when she objected, the other woman tried to persuade her of her "good fortune." When she left the place, the Shankaracharya allegedly asserted that she keep her mouth shut.<ref>{{cite web|title=The plot thickens – Nation News – Issue Date: Dec 13, 2004|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20041213-case-against-shankaracharya-gets-intricate-as-new-characters-enter-the-scene-probe-widens-788922-2004-12-13|accessdate=}}</ref><ref name="The Times of India">{{cite web|date=30 November 2004|title=Seer threatened to bump me off: Tamil writer – India News|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Seer-threatened-to-bump-me-off-Tamil-writer/articleshow/940899.cms|access-date=15 July 2020|website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Slur of lady & lucre on Kanchi seer | website=The Telegraph|location=Kolkota | date=29 November 2004 | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/jharkhand/slur-of-lady-lucre-on-kanchi-seer/cid/702439 | access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=How The Gods Fall | website=outlookindia.com/ | date=13 December 2004 | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/how-the-gods-fall/225945 | access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref>

Ramanan said that she had met a woman police officer who was close to her to lodge a complaint, but did not do so because she feared for the future of her daughters. She reported that an [[attempted murder]] had been made against her. She said a truck hit her car in which she was travelling and a further attempt was made on her life when she was admitted to the hospital.<ref name="The Times of India" /> On December 2004, she said she would have met with the same fate as that of Sankarraman if she had made the disclosure 12 years ago when the alleged incident took place.<ref >{{cite web | title=Tamil writer makes in-camera statement in court | website=outlookindia.com/ | date=6 December 2004 | url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/tamil-writer-makes-in-camera-statement-in-court/265890 | access-date=15 July 2020}}</ref>

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