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From Visionary to Bystander: How ITAK has forgotten its historic roots
  Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi (ITAK), the largest Tamil party in Sri Lanka and once a pioneer of Tamil nationalism in the first decades after the independence of Ceylon, has strayed far from its historic mission. Founded in 1949 as the Federal Party, ITAK was born out of the necessity to challenge the Sinhala-Buddhist majoritarianism that sought to dismantle the political and cultural…

Factual distortions can destroy the fundamentals of a community

Oct 7, 2008
Noor Nizam
This is a reply to the opinion published last week by Dr. A.R.M. Imtiyaz, titled “Why Tamil-Muslim unity crucial for peace”

Why Tamil-Muslim unity crucial for peace

Sep 23, 2008
Dr. A. R. M. Imtiyaz

Sri Lanka's six-decade old ethnic tension between the minority Tamils and the majority Sinhalese negatively affected both the island's socio-economic progress and ethnic harmony.

Displace or die: choices in a 'democratic state'

Sep 12, 2008
Peter Ratnadurai
Sri Lanka wants Tamils to abandon their homes

Defining moments in Eelam War IV

Sep 12, 2008
Iqbal Athas
Both the Sri Lankan forces and the Tamil Tigers are now poised for fiercer offensives

Peace a distant prospect

Sep 11, 2008
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
Can Sri Lanka destroy the Tigers?

Sri Lanka officials complicit in Tamil Genocide?

Aug 26, 2008
Bruce Fein
In a commentary published in the Washington Post newspaper, Bruce Fein urged the U.S. Justice Department to lead a genocide investigation of Sri Lanka's Defense Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse, Lt.Gen. Fonseka, and Basil Rajapakse.

Genocide, independence and international law

Aug 26, 2008
J. T. Janani
What are the lessons for the Tamils from Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Kosovo?

Russia Positions Itself As Global Economic Player

Aug 17, 2008
Ali Ettefagh
Following the events in Georgia, Dr. Ali Ettefagh examines the question, What's the next likely target of Russia's reassertion of power?

Russia: Georgia unleashed this war

Aug 15, 2008
Vladimir Vinokurov
Vladimir Vinokurov highlights the essential background details to the Georgian-Russo Conflict, that the US media omitted.

The myth about the Tamils of Sri Lanka

Aug 12, 2008
J. T. Janani
The first casualty of war, they say, is truth. Sri Lanka has been at war for almost three decades. This article examines the myths surrounding the conflict in Sri Lanka.
Factual distortions can destroy the fundamentals of a community
Why Tamil-Muslim unity crucial for peace
Displace or die: choices in a 'democratic state'
Defining moments in Eelam War IV
Peace a distant prospect
Sri Lanka officials complicit in Tamil Genocide?
Genocide, independence and international law
Russia Positions Itself As Global Economic Player
Russia: Georgia unleashed this war
The myth about the Tamils of Sri Lanka
Factual distortions can destroy the fundamentals of a community
Why Tamil-Muslim unity crucial for peace
Displace or die: choices in a 'democratic state'
Defining moments in Eelam War IV
Peace a distant prospect
Sri Lanka officials complicit in Tamil Genocide?
Genocide, independence and international law
Russia Positions Itself As Global Economic Player
Russia: Georgia unleashed this war
The myth about the Tamils of Sri Lanka