When the Bharatiya Jnanpith announced on Saturday that poet, lyricist and novelist R. Vairamuthu had been selected for the 60th Jnanpith Award, India’s highest literary honour, the congratulations came quickly. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin posted his wishes. Kamal Haasan went on X to call Vairamuthu his mentor and said he was “truly happy” for the honour. Rajinikanth extended his wishes too. Playback singer Chinmayi Sripaada was watching all of it. Chinmayi had been the first to name Vairamuthu during the 2018 MeToo wave, and what followed cost her in ways she has spoken about publicly. On Saturday, she did not hold back. In a post on X, Chinmayi Sripaada wrote: “In 2018, multiple women of different age groups named one Poet-Lyricist as their molester. Today the Jnanpith is awarded to the man… The collective voices of the women who named him were silenced. I paid a very heavy price. The rest of the women who left their dreams behind weren’t half as lucky as I.” In 2018, multiple women of different age groups …