Crusader, leader, comrade: Father Thomas Kocherry, a rather unpriestly priest, was a man of the people and a crusader for the livelihood rights of small-scale fishing communities

V., Vivekanandan (2014) Crusader, leader, comrade: Father Thomas Kocherry, a rather unpriestly priest, was a man of the people and a crusader for the livelihood rights of small-scale fishing communities. Samudra Report (68). pp. 48-49. ISSN 0973 1121

Text 920.SAM0897.pdf Download (79kB)

Abstract

Summer showers, thunder and lightning ... On 5 May 2014, at the Muttada Holy Cross Catholic Church in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the south Indian State of Kerala, these elements seemed to have come together as nature's fitting tribute to a man who was, to borrow from Shakespeare, “a tempestuous noise”, a thorn in the side of authority, a voice for the voiceless, a challenger of convention, a courtier of controversy.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0897
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Livelihoods, Small-scale Fisheries, National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF), Fishing Communities, Fishing Rights
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	19 Oct 2021 05:38
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2022 20:22
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/2000

Actions (login required)

View Item