Parvathy slams the jury of ONV literary award for honouring MeToo accused Vairamuthu

Actress Parvathy slammed the jury of ONV literary award on Thursday for being ignorant to the MeToo accusations against Tamil songwriter and poet Vairamuthu and honouring him with a prestigious award constituted in the memory of legendary poet ONV Kurup.

Parvathy took to her Twitter account and wrote, “ONV Sir is our pride. His contribution as a poet and lyricist is incomparable. How it has nourished our culture. Our hearts and minds have benefited through his body of work. This is exactly why it is immense disrespect to give such an honour in his name to the accused of sexual assault crimes (sic).”

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— Parvathy Thiruvothu (@parvatweets) May 27, 2021

For the unversed, Vairamuthu faced allegations of sexually harassing multiple women during the MeToo movement in the nation. Parvathy also took to her Instagram account and shared a lengthy post that read, “17 women have come out with their stories. We don’t know how many more have been wronged. There seems to be enough whataboutery to continue wronging those who are wronged. Only to uphold the reputation of those in power. Nothing is more important than humanity. If you come at me with the art vs artist debate, let me tell you that for me the humanity of the person creating the art is the only thing I’d choose to look at. I can live without the “art” of those who hollow out lives with absolute impunity(sic)”

 

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