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Pro-Tiger diaspora in a post-Prabhakaran scenario

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj

A noteworthy feature of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been the special manner in which it glorifies death and pays homage to dead tiger fighters.

Fallen LTTE members were eulogized as martyrs and referred to as “Maaveerar” or Great heroes. [dbsj]

The last days of Thiruvenkadam Veluppillai Prabhakaran

by D.B.S. Jeyaraj

Thiruvenkadam Veluppillai Prabhakaran is no more!

The body of the 54 year old supreme leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) was found on Tuesday May 19th near the Mullaitheevu lagoon known as “Nanthikkadal” (sea of conches). He had gunshot wounds in the head and forehead. [dbsj]

by Dushy Ranetunge in London

The Sri Lankan States version of the last moments of Prabakaran is reminiscent of the last moments of Rohana Wijeweera, leader of the JVP.

Prabakaran, we are told was in an ambulance, fleeing the battlefield when it came under fire from troops, resulting in his death. [TC]

Gotabhaya Rajapakse and Sarath Fonseka are similar to Velupillai Prabhakaran’ - (Igniters of Impunity, Praba’s Brothers and Architects of a Junta)

By Maitree de Silva

In this article, my objective is to focus on a crucial area of Sri Lankan political life, where significant developments have taken place: [TC]

Sixty-One Years of Independence and the Tamils of Sri Lanka

By D.B.S. Jeyaraj

Sri Lanka celebrates sixty-one years of Independence from Britain today. The country known then as Ceylon, obtained full freedom on February 4th 1948.

For any people free of colonial bondage this would be a day of joy and happiness.

But that is not so for the Tamils of Sri Lanka right now. [dbsj]