For most Indian-origin Sri Lankan Tamils, who are victims of ethnic conflict and civil war, proving that they are not illegal ...

The nationwide electoral success of the anti-establishment NPP does not mean Tamil nationalism is on the decline.

I wanted it to end, even if my own people had to be killed," Ratnam says. The war did end in 2009, with the Sri Lankan government - dominated by the Sinhalese majority - defeating the Tamil Tigers.

Sri Lankan Tamil refugee writer A S Vijitharan is one such, who encourages young people and those living in camps to create refugee literature. In 2022, Viji compiled 300 poems, short stories and ...

Today marks the celebration of Thai Pongal, a festival that is of great significance to the Tamil community in Sri Lanka.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake has made New Delhi his first stop abroad after being sworn in as the president of Sri Lanka in October 2024 and winning a two-thirds majority for the National People’s Power ...

People in India don't know what's happening in Sri Lanka." Muttiah Muralitharan on retiring and the challenges he has faced in his career Muralitharan has close links with India, especially Tamil ...

The 26-year-long civil war between the Sri Lankan government and the LTTE officially ended in May 2009 after claiming around 70,000 lives and displacing four times as many. Both sides committed a ...

Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day is a remembrance day observed by Sri Lankan Tamil people to remember those who died in the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War. It is held each year on 18 May ...

The opportunistic behaviour of certain Tamil politicians must not be allowed to weaken Tamil political parties in Sri Lanka, Tamil National People’s Front (TNPF) leader, MP Gajendrakumar Ponnambalam, ...

They’re trampling on our graves with their boots,” said Kavitha, a Tamil woman, as the torrential rain lashing our faces ...

Sarojini Vibokan recounts her experiences as a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee including her hardships at a refugee camp, publishing a book in her husband's memory, and the interactions with the authorities.