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Bollywood’s Tamil Eelam Problem
Bollywood has long been guilty of distorting historical narratives for commercial appeal. But when such distortion targets an oppressed people’s liberation struggle, it transcends fiction and becomes a political act. Over the past decade, India’s Hindi-language film and streaming industry has repeatedly vilified the Tamil Eelam liberation movement, portraying it as terrorist fanaticism rather…

The futility of human rights monitoring

Jan 6, 2008
Vidya Cumaraswamy
The current pattern of human rights violations reflects the new dynamics of war.

The ultimate form of ‘Right to Protect’ is self rule

Nov 27, 2007
Gajan Raj
Sri Lanka is not a failed state. It is actually a powerful and stable, if racist, state.

The long path ahead

Nov 6, 2007
Narayana
They may kill the revolutionary, but the revolution will come.

Are the Tamils are a people?

Oct 23, 2007
J. S. Tissainayagam
Tamils have gathered in large numbers across the eglobe to demand their collective rights, including all those due to a people
The visit of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour was preceded by two important events in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s outlook is for more war

Oct 23, 2007
Eelam Cinema

International contradictions: lessons for the Tamils

Oct 9, 2007
Kanthavanam
Nothing is absolute – not even international commitment to another state’s territorial integrity.

What ‘Responsibility to Protect’ means for Tamils

Sep 12, 2007
Kanthavanam
Though only recently invested in international law, the world is already facing a rhetoric-implementation gap on R2P.

A deadly franchise

Sep 11, 2007
The global war on terror is a smokescreen used by governments to wipe out opponents

The hunted soul of the Tamil Diaspora

Jul 31, 2007
J. T. Janani
The Tamils will never have a voice in legislation that threatens their physical and political safety. For everywhere but in Eelam, they are a minority.

Remember those who fled within

Jul 31, 2007
Arjunan Ethirveerasingam
Currently there are 750,000 IDPs in Sri Lanka. And the humanitarian situation is critical and worsening by the hour.
The futility of human rights monitoring
The ultimate form of ‘Right to Protect’ is self rule
The long path ahead
Are the Tamils are a people?
Sri Lanka’s outlook is for more war
International contradictions: lessons for the Tamils
What ‘Responsibility to Protect’ means for Tamils
A deadly franchise
The hunted soul of the Tamil Diaspora
Remember those who fled within
The futility of human rights monitoring
The ultimate form of ‘Right to Protect’ is self rule
The long path ahead
Are the Tamils are a people?
Sri Lanka’s outlook is for more war
International contradictions: lessons for the Tamils
What ‘Responsibility to Protect’ means for Tamils
A deadly franchise
The hunted soul of the Tamil Diaspora
Remember those who fled within