STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The Staten Island Sri Lankan Tamil School and community joyously celebrated the annual Pongal festival at PS 54 in Willowbrook on Sunday, Jan. 14, showcasing cultural heritage ...
It has been almost 12 years since the civil war in Sri Lanka came to an end after the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE). Since 2009, there has been a concerted effort to hold ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Live music and performances, food sampling, an artisan market and family-friendly activities were the order of the day as hundreds celebrated the Soorya NYC Festival of Sri ...
Diaspora groups have slammed the Global Tamil Forum for not including them in a recent dialogue with a Buddhist delegation. Tamil diaspora women display LTTE flags at a protest in Strasbourg, France, ...
What the past (and future) of the Tamil version of the national anthem tells us about minority rights in Sri Lanka. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former defense secretary and brother of ex-President Mahinda ...
Northern Tamil claim, Eastern Province claim, and Tamil Eelam have no historical or legal basis. Uti Possidetis Juris Territory remains with the existing sovereign state unless lawfully transferred. → ...
Sri Lanka’s Tamil Debaters’ Council has made history, clinching its maiden international debating crown through the National Development Squad’s victory in Malaysia.The Sri Lankan delegation emerged ...
Let’s call her Kanmani*. After more than 40 years of escaping from her motherland, Sri Lanka, amid the onset of the three-decade-old ethnic civil war, she retains the island Tamil accent. And even 15 ...
The South Indian state of Tamil Nadu has written to India’s Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar demanding a ban on Amazon Prime Video India series “The Family Man” on the grounds ...