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05 May 2025

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 fatal fantasy

Dec 26, 2006

A lesson in how fieldwork and analysis can lead to catastrophically wrong conclusions.

Rest in peace, Bala Annai

Dec 26, 2006

Your people will not rest until your dream of a free Eelam is realized.

The Times Obituary: Anton Balasingham, 1938 – 2006

Dec 14, 2006

Journalist who became the chief strategist and negotiator of the Tamil Tigers in their struggle for autonomy.

A moderating influence in the LTTE

Dec 14, 2006

P. K. Balachandran

ANTON Balasingham, the LTTE's chief negotiator and ideologue who died of bile duct cancer in London on Thursday at the age of 68, was a moderating influence on the militant group's supremo, Velupillai Pirapaharan.

"He knew the importance of flexibility in political negotiations when flexibility was called for. Even though he fully endorsed the hard line of the LTTE and ultimately, always bowed to the wishes of Pirapaharan, he never failed to argue for accommodation when he thought that prudence demanded it," said a Tamil journalist who was close to him.

Driving Norway out

Dec 12, 2006

If President Rajapakse can't ask the Norwegians to go, he can certainly make it impossible for them to stay.

It's the global economy, stupid

Nov 28, 2006

For the custodians of the global economy US, EU and Japan, ensuring Sri Lanka's stability, not a just peace, is the pressing priority.

Partition wanted, cannot be denied

Nov 28, 2006

States enjoy no legitimacy without the consent of their territorial minorities. Britain went to war for this principle in Kosovo.

Ugly Reality

Nov 21, 2006

Tamils need to come to terms with the fact that the international community is simply not interested in their difficulties.

What's in it for India?

Nov 21, 2006

Satheesan Kumaaran

For decades, cautious and limited engagement with Sri Lanka's ethnic crisis has not served India's interests.

We must unite and act

Nov 21, 2006

The world has turned away. The Tamils must find a way out of this crisis on their own.