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Tamils flag escalating attacks on temples in northern Sri Lanka
1 year, 8 months ago

Tamils flag escalating attacks on temples in northern Sri Lanka

The Hindu  

Tamils in Sri Lanka have witnessed an escalation in the attack on Hindu temples in recent weeks, a trend that they note is part of the State’s “ongoing Sinhalisation project” in the island’s north. Mr. Sajith was the Minister in charge of this project.” Mr. Ponnambalam said Tamils have been struggling against “this genocidal agenda”, of “erasing the Tamil identity” …

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As talks with Tamil parties drag, Ranil pledges full implementation of 13th Amendment
1 year, 11 months ago

As talks with Tamil parties drag, Ranil pledges full implementation of 13th Amendment

The Hindu  

The Sri Lankan government will “fully implement” the 13th Amendment, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Sunday, making a familiar promise to the Tamils on the nearly 40-year-old legislation guaranteeing a measure of power devolution to the island’s provinces. His remarks come even as his government is engaged in talks with the Tamil political leadership to find a durable political solution …

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Chennai-Jaffna flights to resume after nearly three years of Covid break
2 years ago

Chennai-Jaffna flights to resume after nearly three years of Covid break

The Hindu  

Alliance Air will resume its flight services connecting Chennai and Sri Lanka’s northern city of Jaffna next week, after a nearly three-year, pandemic-induced break. Prior to the service, residents in northern Sri Lanka had to travel south to capital Colombo, either by train or a nearly eight hour-road trip, to take a flight out of the country. Aslo read: Ground …

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Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties skeptical of Ranil’s outreach
2 years, 1 month ago

Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties skeptical of Ranil’s outreach

The Hindu  

Reaching out to Sri Lanka’s Tamil parties in Parliament on November 10, President Ranil Wickremesinghe invited them for a discussion this week, and pledged to resolve their pending issues before the island nation’s 75th Independence Day falling on February 4, 2023. Sumanthiran said despite known differences among Tamil parties, the TNA invited them for a discussion this week, “as we …

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S. Ganesalingan: Marxist to the core
3 years ago

S. Ganesalingan: Marxist to the core

The Hindu  

In the 1990s, it was common for leading Sri Lankan political leaders to meet with senior journalists of The Hindu Group of Publications while in or transiting Chennai. On one occasion, after a seasoned and genteel Sri Lankan politician spoke at length about the situation in Sri Lanka and how complicated the question of granting Federal powers to the Tamils …

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Karunanidhi and the Sri Lankan Tamil Issue
3 years, 9 months ago

Karunanidhi and the Sri Lankan Tamil Issue

The Hindu  

A report in The Hindu, with the headline, ‘ M. Karunanidhi: A lifelong warrior for Sri Lankan Tamil cause but misunderstood in the end ’, gives an idea of not only Karunanidhi’s long association with Sri Lankan Tamil leadership but also his deep understanding of the Tamil problem in the island, besides the criticisms that were levelled against him. Karunanidhi …

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