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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…

Not just a question of prosperity

Jan 19, 2006

J. T. Janani

When the time comes, the Tamils might also wish to freely navigate global economic dynamics for themselves.

‘We call for your help’

Jan 19, 2006

K. P. Regi

TRO''s Executive Director appeals to the Diaspora

Complicit silence and moral censure

Jan 12, 2006

Jana Nayagam

Tamils should ask themselves - is it realpolitik and not moral imperatives drive policy decisions in foreign capitals?

Basics of making peace

Jan 12, 2006

Tasha Manoranjan

Any meaningful steps toward a viable peace process, let alone a stable peace, must start with the demilitarization of Tamil areas.

Claymores and compellence

Jan 12, 2006

Eelam Cinema

The unprecedented violence in Sri Lanka’s Northeast is forcing the government of President Mahinda Rajapakse to abandon its hardline stances on the peace process.