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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…

‘We call for your help’

TRO''s Executive Director appeals to the Diaspora

Complicit silence and moral censure

Tamils should ask themselves - is it realpolitik and not moral imperatives drive policy decisions in foreign capitals?

Basics of making peace

Any meaningful steps toward a viable peace process, let alone a stable peace, must start with the demilitarization of Tamil areas.

Claymores and compellence

The unprecedented violence in Sri Lanka’s Northeast is forcing the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse to abandon its hardline stances on the peace process.

War clouds and ground realities

India will have to overcome its anathema for the LTTE and accept the primacy of the Tigers in the Tamil polity.

Response of a disgruntled Tamil

A resident of Nallur, Jaffna responds to criticism in Sri Lankan newspapers of the Tamil boycott of last November’s Presidential election.

Allies in a changing world

What is forcing US and India into each other’s arms?

Murder most foul on Christmas Day

The co-chairs of the Sri Lankan peace process will become complicit by their silence.

The Tamil-Muslim question – again.

Who benefits from instability and communal tension between Tamil and Muslims and who does not?

Self determination and the question of rights

While Colombo has been increasingly engaged in portraying Tamils’ struggle for self-determination as ‘terrorism’ in international fora taking advantage of the changed political climate following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, and the consequent war on terrorism, Liberation Tigers have exhibited genuine desire to adhere to the international human rights standards by closely engaging with UN agencies,