The current problem is due to four factors:- 1)The GoSL and its Armed Forces believing that the Tamil people are the ‘victims of war’. 2) The Sri Lankan Armed Forces running the Tamil areas – behaving ...

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

Sri Lankan Tamils do not consider themselves as members of the ... It is not only the distinct language of the Tamil people (many Muslims too converse in Tamil in their homes and with Tamils in their ...

Tamil women plucking tea leaves near Haputale, where Lipton's Seat is located. Sri Lanka is the world's fourth largest producer of tea and the industry is one of the country's main sources of foreign ...

Image Source : PTI Image used for representational purposes. As many as 34 Indian fishermen including 32 from Tamil Nadu and two from Kerala have been arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while they ...

Lanka won’t let its territory be used against ... Acknowledging the concerns Tamil people have about his alliance, he said they will be cleared through the positive measures his government ...

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...