Quick Facts
Biography
Ayinoor Vasu (GROW Vasu) (born 1930) is a well known Human rights activist and respected trade unionist in Kerala, India. He is also known as GROW Vasu as he was the leader of Gwalior Rayons Workers' Organisation (GROW).
Mr. A. Vasu is also an environmental activist. He is well known for his bold stands in the fight for justice for Dalits, Tribals and minority communities. He was the first public figure in Kerala to take a stand against the arrest of Abdul Nazer Mahdani.
He began working in the Commonwealth Trust Weaving Mill in Kozhikode at the age of 16 in 1946. He has participated in many social and human rights activities and got arrested many times.The leader of Ayinoor Vasu was one of the biggest labour movements in Kerala.
Personal Life
Grow Vasu was one of the forefront leader in the Thirunelli Naxalite action in 1970 in which Varghese, a Naxalite leader was killed.Following this he was imprisoned at the Kannur Central Prison for seven years.After coming out of the jail as he was a Naxalite, many refused to offer him a job.To subsist, he chose making umbrellas which he learned way back in 1955 to rise funds for buying a band set for Communist Party in Kozhikode.