{{Short description|Indian journalist}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Stalin Srinivasan | birth_name = Kuppuswami Srinivasan | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1899|5|30}} | birth_place = Shiyali, Tanjore District, Madras Presidency | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1975|6|2|1899|5|30}} | occupation = Journalist | known_for = Founding ''Manikodi'' | alma_mater = Presidency College, Madras }} '''Kuppuswami Srinivasan''' (30 May 1899 – 2 June 1975), popularly known as '''Stalin Srinivasan''', was an Indian journalist and Indian independence activist who founded the journal ''Manikodi'' in 1932.<ref name="thehindu_20010925">{{cite news|title=Memories of 'Manikodi'|url=http://www.hindu.com/2001/09/25/stories/1325046b.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126053829/http://www.hindu.com/2001/09/25/stories/1325046b.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 January 2013|date=25 September 2001|first=T.|last=Ramakrishnan|work=The Hindu}}</ref> He was also one of the founders of the ''Free Press Journal''. Upon India's independence, he served as the first chief film censor of Madras state. Acclaimed civil lawyer Radha Srinivasan is Stalin Srinivasan's daughter.<ref name="thehindu_20010925" />
== Early life ==
Srinivasan was born on 30 May 1899 at Shiyali in the Tanjore district of Madras Presidency, India. He graduated in law and was pursuing his post-graduate studies at the Presidency College, Madras when he was invited by C. Rajagopalachari to join the staff of the National School that he had founded.
== Career ==
Srinivasan worked for the ''Daily Press'' and ''Swarajya'' before joining S. Sadanand's ''The Free Press Journal'' in Bombay. He served notably as the Central Assembly Correspondent in Delhi and covered the proceedings of the C. Sankaran Nair committee in London. When Sadanand was jailed for publishing an article by Srinivasan, the latter went to court to get Sadanand released.
In 1932, along with a few of his friends, Srinivasan started the Tamil journal ''Manikkodi''. ''Manikkodi'' would acquire acclaim as a journal and spearhead a literary movement.
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== References ==
* {{cite news|title=Memories of a litterateur|work=The Hindu|url=http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/01/03/stories/2004010310300200.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125141813/http://www.hindu.com/lf/2004/01/03/stories/2004010310300200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|date=3 January 2004|first=Prince|last=Frederick}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Srinivasan, Stalin}} Category:1899 births Category:1975 deaths Category:People from Mayiladuthurai district Category:Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu