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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…

Tamil separatism survives on the strength of Sinhala nationalism

Aug 12, 2008
Kusal Perera
Kusal Perera examines Sinhala nationalism impact on Sri Lanka and Tamil separatism, whilst looking to the possible future of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka, sick man of SAARC

Aug 12, 2008
Ivan Pedropillai
As the SAARC summit comes to an end Ivan Pedropillai, chief editor of the Tamil Writers Guild, argues for international intervention to stop Sri Lanka's "calculated campaign of genocide".

What does ‘territorial integrity’ mean now?

Aug 12, 2008
Jim Headley
Abkhazia and South Ossetia near independence on Russian ‘u-turn’ after Kosovo

‘Neighbours’, but so what?

Jul 29, 2008
Ashanthi
On 25th Anniversary of Black July, the article examines Sri Lankan inter-ethnic relations and the potential for a repeat of Black July.

Once bitten, never shy-India's Sri Lanka policy?

Jul 15, 2008
PC Vinoj Kumar
Setting aside domestic Tamil sensitivities, the Indian government appears to have involved itself in a full-fledged proxy war in Sri Lanka.

Loud echoes of a bloody past

Jul 1, 2008
J. T. Janani
In the third of a series on genocide, a detailed examination of pre-1994 Rwanda and today’s Sri Lanka finds striking parallels.

Remember Quebec? The Tamils are no different

Jun 17, 2008
Vel Velauthapillai
One Tamil responds to the Canadian government’s terrorism ban on the WTM.

Genocide or Politicide? And why does it matter?

Jun 17, 2008
J. T. Janani
The criminalisation of the demand for Tamil Eelam is the enabler for genocide.

Sri Lanka: the blind spot in genocide theory

Jun 3, 2008
J. T. Janani
The first of a three part series on genocide, politicide and international failure in Sri Lanka.

Insecurity and the lessons of history

May 20, 2008
J. T. Janani
How does one community become ‘the enemy within’ to another?
Tamil separatism survives on the strength of Sinhala nationalism
Sri Lanka, sick man of SAARC
What does ‘territorial integrity’ mean now?
‘Neighbours’, but so what?
Once bitten, never shy-India's Sri Lanka policy?
Loud echoes of a bloody past
Remember Quebec? The Tamils are no different
Genocide or Politicide? And why does it matter?
Sri Lanka: the blind spot in genocide theory
Insecurity and the lessons of history
Tamil separatism survives on the strength of Sinhala nationalism
Sri Lanka, sick man of SAARC
What does ‘territorial integrity’ mean now?
‘Neighbours’, but so what?
Once bitten, never shy-India's Sri Lanka policy?
Loud echoes of a bloody past
Remember Quebec? The Tamils are no different
Genocide or Politicide? And why does it matter?
Sri Lanka: the blind spot in genocide theory
Insecurity and the lessons of history