Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by ARUDPRAGASAM Amita
Tamil nationalism faces a new challenge as the climate emergency spreads in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province and other Tamil-dominated areas, where the ravages of war and systemic discrimination have left the population especially vulnerable
“It is in this soil that the identity of your race is (…)
, by MASCRANGHE Divya, THUSHAN Benislos
“Imagine the places you grew up, the places you studied, places that belonged to your people, burned. But I should stop pretending that I know you. Perhaps you do not have to imagine. Perhaps your library, too, went up in smoke” – V.V. Ganeshananthan, ‘Brotherless Night’, 2023
Nirmala* was (…)
, by RAVINDRAN Jeevan
Retracing the journey that first brought them to the country 200 years ago, Malaiyaha Tamils reflect on their history and struggle as one of Sri Lanka’s most marginalised communities
It’s just after 6 am on 29 July, and the ordinarily quiet village of Talaimannar, on the small island of Mannar (…)
, by GUNASEKARA Skandha
In recent years, a growing undercurrent of Hindu majoritarianism and nationalism within the Tamil community has raised significant concerns about their potential repercussions on communal harmony in Sri Lanka. This phenomenon has come under scrutiny due to its manifestations in both online (…)
, by Collective / Multiple signers
We are re-tracing the journey of the first groups of men and women brought to this country to work in the plantations in the hill country. Over the years thousands landed in Mannar and made the dangerous trek on foot to Matale. They endured diseases, cleared jungles and braved wild animals. (…)
, by CHAMARA Sumudu
Report highlights community’s continued marginalisation and vulnerability due to State non-intervention to facilitate basic rights
Despite being granted formal citizenship, the previously State-less hill country Tamil community continues to be one of the most socio-economically and (…)
, by RATHNAYAKE Dinitha
Residents of Thennamaravadi, Kuchchaveli, which is a rural village some 65 kilometres north of Trincomalee, on the Pulmoddai Road, are struggling due to issues pertaining to the lack of land and housing.
Speaking to The Morning, the residents claimed that most of their lands had been grabbed (…)
, by SILVA Kalinga Tudor
Thiruchandran, Selvy. Caste and its Multiple Manifestations: A Study of the Caste System in Northern Sri Lanka. Colombo: Bay Owl Press, 2021, pp. 231 + xii
Caste in Sri Lanka is something of an enigma to social critics and social researchers alike. People do not justify, refer to or even (…)
, by Dr. MIHLAR Farah
The mass uprisings and public protests centred at, though not limited to, GotaGoGama (GGG) are of epic significance in Sri Lanka, which in its post-independence history has not seen such a diverse, inclusive and sizable resistance movement for justice and accountability. Beyond the coming (…)
, by SRINIVASAN Meera
Life in Tamil Nadu is fairly secure, but it is the ‘refugee tag’ that prompts Sri Lankan Tamils to consider returning home
For over 80 Tamils, including children and infants, who took boats and landed in Tamil Nadu in the last few months, the risky journey was not only about fleeing Sri (…)
, by SATKUNANATHAN Ambika
Of the many horrific visuals of the end of the war the one that is etched in my memory is of people crossing the Mullaivaikkal bridge. At the time it was not possible to watch it without crying. Even now, it is difficult to watch without feeling emotional, if not cry.
Why?
Violence, loss (…)
For the past few weeks, many in the south have been asking us why the current crisis has not led to widespread protests in the north. Some ask this question with an implied message that the North should protest; but they fail to question the violence and surveillance that those in the North (…)
, by BUTHPITIYA Vindhya
Weeks of citizen-led protests in Sri Lanka have demanded that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ‘go home’. These protests began in early March, in response to the worst economic crisis the country has seen in decades. In this blog, Vindhya Buthpitiya (Associate Lecturer, University of St Andrews) (…)
, by RUBATHEESAN Sandran
Why aren’t the northern people protesting over rising prices and shortages of essential items? The answer: Economic hardships are not new to them.
When the war was raging in the Northern Province just over a decade ago, electricity was a luxury for many families in the region.
To survive (…)
, by SATKUNANATHAN Ambika
Nearly 13 years after the end of the war, the communities in the North are yet to recover from the social, economic, and psychological impact of the armed conflict. The pandemic and worsening economic crisis have pushed them, particularly people in places like Kilinochchi and Mullaitivu, further (…)
, by LIYANAGE Sumanasiri
When a judge becomes a politician, they may think they can pass judgment on any subjects. C.V. Wigneswaran, a new Parliamentarian, in my opinion totally out of context, made an attempt to show that he was an anthropologist, archaeologist and a historian all at the same time as he is a (…)
, by LIYANAGE Sumanasiri
A Gazette revealing 196 new members of the Parliament who have been elected at the Parliamentary Election held on August 5 is out. We have to wait to know the names of the rest of the parliamentarians until respective parties announce their national list members.
Election results show a new (…)
, by KADIRGAMAR Ahilan
The Eluga Thamil rally on September 24 in Jaffna was nothing but the continuation of efforts to keep reactionary Tamil nationalism mobilised after the defeat of the LTTE in May 2009. The forces that organised this protest have been active with the Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF), the Tamil (…)
, by Telesur
The government justified the schoolhouse bombing by calling teenage girls terrorists-in-training.
August 14, 2016 marks the 10-year anniversary of the macabre slaughter of more than 61 Tamil children by the Sri Lankan state. And yet a decade after this fact and seven years since the end of (…)
, by HOOLE Elijah
I
When Govinthan penned Puthiyathor Ulagam (A New World) in 1985, the intelligence wing of a Tamil militant group was hunting for him across Tamil Nadu.
Govinthan (real name: Soosaipillai Nobert) joined the People’s Liberation Organisation of Tamil Eelam (PLOTE) in 1982. He and several (…)
Twitter
Facebook