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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…

New labels, old game

Aug 24, 2006
Vidya Cumaraswamy
The Tamil project has come this far in the face of open and consistent international hostility and contempt.

Tamils and Tigers

Aug 23, 2006
Jana Nayagam
Even if the international community was able to appreciate Tamil aspirations, there is little evidence that it is capable of delivering them.

On rights, the Diaspora and the LTTE

Aug 13, 2006
J. T. Janani
Why does HRW have difficulty establishing credibility with the Diaspora?

Why Rajapakse’s actions make sense

Aug 10, 2006
Jana Nayagam
The President’s twin objectives cannot be fulfilled through a federal solution.

The road to war was signposted

Aug 10, 2006
Eelam Cinema
Sri Lanka’s ongoing offensive has been prepared openly over two years.

Deserving victims, just violence

Jul 29, 2006
Vidya Cumaraswamy
The pogrom against Tamils in July 1983 was supported by deeply held ideological assumptions that still inform the political logic of the Sinhala people and their leaders.

July 1983 and the Tamil armed struggle

Jul 29, 2006
D.B.S. Jeyaraj
The 1983 violence effectively laid the foundation for a widespread conflict that is yet to be resolved.

A solution within the constitution is a mirage

Jul 29, 2006
M. R. Wilson
It is a block to achieving peace or communal harmony in the country as it would bars fulfilment of any political aspirations of the Tamils.

Humanitarian urge morphing into thirst for war

Jul 29, 2006
Simon Jenkins
Calls to send troops back into Lebanon beggar belief. We should dispatch the Red Cross, not the aircraft carriers

We have come full circle

Jul 27, 2006
Jana Nayagam
The international community has - again - put the Sinhala establishment in charge of the Tamils’ future.
New labels, old game
Tamils and Tigers
On rights, the Diaspora and the LTTE
Why Rajapakse’s actions make sense
The road to war was signposted
Deserving victims, just violence
July 1983 and the Tamil armed struggle
A solution within the constitution is a mirage
Humanitarian urge morphing into thirst for war
We have come full circle
New labels, old game
Tamils and Tigers
On rights, the Diaspora and the LTTE
Why Rajapakse’s actions make sense
The road to war was signposted
Deserving victims, just violence
July 1983 and the Tamil armed struggle
A solution within the constitution is a mirage
Humanitarian urge morphing into thirst for war
We have come full circle