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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…

Canadian Tamils feel marginalized and muzzled

Nov 14, 2006
Sri B. Sri-Skanda-Rajah
Tamils fear they have lost their right to fundamental freedoms of conscience, thought, belief, opinion, expression, peaceful assembly and association enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The future of Tamil parliamentary politics

Nov 14, 2006
Brian Senewiratne
The Tamils are mentioned in this Sinhala Parliament only when it is time to renew Emergency Regulations.

No moral equivalency

Nov 14, 2006
The international community’s failure to unreservedly condemn the government's war crimes and issuing mere “regrets” will signal that a military solution is condoned.

Human shields: the new front

Nov 14, 2006
Vidya Cumaraswamy
‘Human shields’ is the perfect logic through which to prosecute a war that punishes the Tamil populace for supporting the LTTE.

Genocide, with a little help

Nov 14, 2006
Jana Nayagam
We cannot rely on the international community to restrain the Sri Lankan state.

Petition Tony Blair

Nov 14, 2006
Bairavi Ratnabal
We can no longer sit and watch such this genocide happening.

Implications of joint US - Sri Lanka military exercises

Oct 31, 2006
R. S. Vasan
The participation by US ships of the 5th fleet and over 1000 troops in exercises with Sri Lanka's military is significant for many reasons.

The paradox of international policy

Oct 31, 2006
Jana Nayagam
The more successful Sri Lanka’s military efforts are, the less international support there will be for a negotiated solution.

Demerger: lessons for the future

Oct 31, 2006
Satheesan Kumaaran
The Supreme Court ruling demonstrates is the fragility of constitutional changes, even when underwritten by powerful international actors such as India.

Why Tamils say genocide

Oct 17, 2006
J. T. Janani
It does not take mass deaths to destroy a nation.
Canadian Tamils feel marginalized and muzzled
The future of Tamil parliamentary politics
No moral equivalency
Human shields: the new front
Genocide, with a little help
Petition Tony Blair
Implications of joint US - Sri Lanka military exercises
The paradox of international policy
Demerger: lessons for the future
Why Tamils say genocide
Canadian Tamils feel marginalized and muzzled
The future of Tamil parliamentary politics
No moral equivalency
Human shields: the new front
Genocide, with a little help
Petition Tony Blair
Implications of joint US - Sri Lanka military exercises
The paradox of international policy
Demerger: lessons for the future
Why Tamils say genocide