Tag: Tamils

The ethnic conflict has linked Buddhism exclusively with the Sinhalese and Hinduism exclusively with the Tamils

In pre-colonial times, relations alternated between conflict and cooperation says Prof. Amaradasa Liyanagamage.

When Zheng He came to Sri Lanka with his armada, the Tamils were a force in South, Central and North Sri Lanka ,says Dr. Nirmala Chandrahasan

Biographer Panneerselvan says that the Tamil Nadu leader’s interventions were not partisan but “refined and nuanced”

Systematic efforts are being made to change the Tamil area's demographics, alleges Batticaloa MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam

Colonial administrator James Emerson Tennent says “no”

Courts could order up to one year of de-radicalization or rehabilitation in lieu of detention

In the Early Historic Era, Sri Lanka had flourishing trade with India and many parts of the world, says Prof. K.Rajan archeologist and historian at Pondicherry University in India

The residents, all Tamils, ask government to stop making their little island a graveyard

Accountability cannot be established in the absence of credible and verifiable data says security expert Prof.Rohan Gunaratna