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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…

Would the real Dutugemunu please stand up?

Jan 23, 2007
David Rampton
Rajapakse's populist strategy has sought to harness the ideological force and mobilising potency of the Sinhala nationalism.

Cleansing the east of Tamils (updated)

Jan 23, 2007
Vidya Cumaraswamy
Sri Lanka is changing the demographics of the east with international assistance.

Where does the Army go after Vakarai?

Jan 23, 2007
A Sinhala nationalist newspaper questions the importance of capturing a tiny town that most Sri Lankans had never heard of before.

What alternative?

Jan 23, 2007
Jana Nayagam and Suren Manoharan
Had Ranil been President, a more subtle program of dismantling the LTTE would have ensued. With Rajapske, a cruder set of tactics is being used.

New factors open India's door to the Tamils

Jan 9, 2007
Bavani Suntharam
Options hitherto frozen out by past history are being explored anew.

Rajapakse is bent on a dictated peace

Jan 9, 2007
B Raman
He intends to remove the Eastern Province from the control of the Tamils and ultimately convert it into a Sinhalese majority area.

Not ignorance, but indifference.

Jan 9, 2007
Naren Nagarajah
There is no dignity in being victims of another genocide.

How war became possible

Jan 9, 2007
Jana Nayagam
The ferocious war being thrust upon the Tamils is not the result of a series of unfortunate and unforeseen events.

The name makes the news

Dec 26, 2006
William Safire
Labels are the shorthand for judgments.

The fatal fantasy

Dec 26, 2006
Mark Danner
A lesson in how fieldwork and analysis can lead to catastrophically wrong conclusions.
Would the real Dutugemunu please stand up?
Cleansing the east of Tamils (updated)
Where does the Army go after Vakarai?
What alternative?
New factors open India's door to the Tamils
Rajapakse is bent on a dictated peace
Not ignorance, but indifference.
How war became possible
The name makes the news
The fatal fantasy
Would the real Dutugemunu please stand up?
Cleansing the east of Tamils (updated)
Where does the Army go after Vakarai?
What alternative?
New factors open India's door to the Tamils
Rajapakse is bent on a dictated peace
Not ignorance, but indifference.
How war became possible
The name makes the news
The fatal fantasy