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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…

The Left and Mahinda

Feb 6, 2007
Vickremabahu Karunaratne
Sri Lankas Left must take up Rajapakse's violent challenge to the forces of progress.

Would the real Dutugemunu please stand up?

Jan 23, 2007
David Rampton
Rajapakse's populist strategy has sought to harness the ideological force and mobilising potency of the Sinhala nationalism.

Cleansing the east of Tamils (updated)

Jan 23, 2007
Vidya Cumaraswamy
Sri Lanka is changing the demographics of the east with international assistance.

Where does the Army go after Vakarai?

Jan 23, 2007
A Sinhala nationalist newspaper questions the importance of capturing a tiny town that most Sri Lankans had never heard of before.

What alternative?

Jan 23, 2007
Jana Nayagam and Suren Manoharan
Had Ranil been President, a more subtle program of dismantling the LTTE would have ensued. With Rajapske, a cruder set of tactics is being used.

New factors open India's door to the Tamils

Jan 9, 2007
Bavani Suntharam
Options hitherto frozen out by past history are being explored anew.

Rajapakse is bent on a dictated peace

Jan 9, 2007
B Raman
He intends to remove the Eastern Province from the control of the Tamils and ultimately convert it into a Sinhalese majority area.

Not ignorance, but indifference.

Jan 9, 2007
Naren Nagarajah
There is no dignity in being victims of another genocide.

How war became possible

Jan 9, 2007
Jana Nayagam
The ferocious war being thrust upon the Tamils is not the result of a series of unfortunate and unforeseen events.

The name makes the news

Dec 26, 2006
William Safire
Labels are the shorthand for judgments.
The Left and Mahinda
Would the real Dutugemunu please stand up?
Cleansing the east of Tamils (updated)
Where does the Army go after Vakarai?
What alternative?
New factors open India's door to the Tamils
Rajapakse is bent on a dictated peace
Not ignorance, but indifference.
How war became possible
The name makes the news
The Left and Mahinda
Would the real Dutugemunu please stand up?
Cleansing the east of Tamils (updated)
Where does the Army go after Vakarai?
What alternative?
New factors open India's door to the Tamils
Rajapakse is bent on a dictated peace
Not ignorance, but indifference.
How war became possible
The name makes the news