Agrarian Bill was Gouri Amma s biggest contribution I was attracted to Left politics after listening to her speech
K R Gouri Amma s contributions to the Kerala society and to Left politics is immense. I have had the opportunity to work with her since my student days.
I was attracted to the Left after hearing the speeches and watching the works done by the likes of Gouri Amma.
My first meeting with her was in the early 1950s. She was jailed along with the undivided Communist Party s leaders TV Thomas, who later became her husband, and R Sugathan after the Punnapra-Vayalar struggle against the then rulers of Travancore. They were released after India gained independence and the formation of United State of Travancore and Cochin. We, as college students, decided to give a felicitation to the three leaders at Edappalli near Cochin ahead of the first general election to the Lok Sabha. Their speech during that programme had an influence on me.