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Of the many horrific visuals of the end of the war the one that is etched in my memory is of people crossing the Mullaivaikkal bridge. At the time it was not possible to watch it without crying. Even now, it is difficult to watch without feeling emotional, if not cry.
Why?
Violence, loss and (...)
For the past few weeks, many in the south have been asking us why the current crisis has not led to widespread protests in the north. Some ask this question with an implied message that the North should protest; but they fail to question the violence and surveillance that those in the North (...)
Weeks of citizen-led protests in Sri Lanka have demanded that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ‘go home’. These protests began in early March, in response to the worst economic crisis the country has seen in decades. In this blog, Vindhya Buthpitiya (Associate Lecturer, University of St Andrews) (...)
Why aren’t the northern people protesting over rising prices and shortages of essential items? The answer: Economic hardships are not new to them.
When the war was raging in the Northern Province just over a decade ago, electricity was a luxury for many families in the region.
To survive and (...)
Nearly 13 years after the end of the war, the communities in the North are yet to recover from the social, economic, and psychological impact of the armed conflict. The pandemic and worsening economic crisis have pushed them, particularly people in places like Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu, (...)
When a judge becomes a politician, they may think they can pass judgment on any subjects. C.V. Wigneswaran, a new Parliamentarian, in my opinion totally out of context, made an attempt to show that he was an anthropologist, archaeologist and a historian all at the same time as he is a (...)
A Gazette revealing 196 new members of the Parliament who have been elected at the Parliamentary Election held on August 5 is out. We have to wait to know the names of the rest of the parliamentarians until respective parties announce their national list members.
Election results show a new (...)
The Eluga Thamil rally on September 24 in Jaffna was nothing but the continuation of efforts to keep reactionary Tamil nationalism mobilised after the defeat of the LTTE in May 2009. The forces that organised this protest have been active with the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF), the Tamil (...)
The government justified the schoolhouse bombing by calling teenage girls terrorists-in-training.
August 14, 2016 marks the 10-year anniversary of the macabre slaughter of more than 61 Tamil children by the Sri Lankan state. And yet a decade after this fact and seven years since the end of the (...)
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When Govinthan penned Puthiyathor Ulagam (A New World) in 1985, the intelligence wing of a Tamil militant group was hunting for him across Tamil Nadu.
Govinthan (real name: Soosaipillai Nobert) joined the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) in 1982. He and several others (...)
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has swept the 2015 parliamentary elections in its Tamil constituencies. This victory further consolidates the power of the TNA and particularly the Federal Party (ITAK). However, this is also the weakness of Tamil nationalist politics. Historically, Tamil (...)
The phenomenon of “Traitorization” in Tamil Nationalist Politics has raised its ugly head again. I use the word traitorization instead of treachery or treason in order to differentiate between those who are actually treacherous or really committing treason as opposed to those being accused or (...)
The UN Human Rights Commission’s decision to investigate violations and the huge loss of life during the last months of the war concluded in 2009 was a significant victory for the victims. The dignity of the victims required that the truth must be told without fear or favour, and processes of (...)
What is striking about the 2015 elections? It is the upsurge in the call for democracy and the call to put an end to aggression, arbitrary actions. Significantly, it has opened up spaces for the minority community, the minority voter, to once again find a voice within the politics of the state. (...)
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) today decided to support the opposition common candidate Maithripala Sirisena. The following is the full statement issued by the TNA.
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) has given careful consideration to the positions and pronouncements of the two main (...)
The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) swept all five districts in the Northern Provincial Council in the polls held on Saturday.
Tamil nationalist party scored a landslide victory in the disputed “autonomous” council elections in the north even though the elections were held under military rule. (...)
Some Tamil intellectuals believe that, rather than beat about the bush, TNA should go straight for a federal solution; as the 13th Amendment plus is extremely vague and doesn’t give much power to the Tamils. This has to be done even if some may say that TNA is asking for the moon, because that (...)
The Families of the Disappeared, a joint organisation led by Brito had organized a protest in Colombo on the 06th of March. Political leaders were too invited to participate in this event to be held opposite Colombo Municipality near Viharamahadevi Park. The large convoy of family members of (...)
There is a huge list of United Nations resolutions that concern Israel ; and the Human Rights Council has adopted more resolutions condemning Israel than it has all other states combined. However Israel has not cooperated in many of these but there was no real intervention made by the UN on (...)
Honorable Chairman Mr. Karunanidhi, other leaders and distinguish guests,
Comrades and friends,
I am very thankful to the organizers of TESO, in particular to Mr. Radhakrishna for giving this opportunity to participate in this event and to explain the sufferings in my country. They had to (...)
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