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Why I Had to Flee From Colombo
Originally published in the 1976 edition of The Torch Bearer, the year book of Vembadi Girls’ High School. Author Janarthini Kailainathan was a student in Grade 8 P.
Reviving Valikamam’s Forgotten River
Vazukkai Aaru, once central to water management and agriculture in Valikamam, has largely disappeared from both the landscape and public memory due to war, displacement, and unplanned development. As communal water practices give way to fragmented, individualised systems that strain groundwater and increase environmental vulnerability, this loss reflects a broader erosion of traditional economic knowledge.
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Extend Moral Support to the Tamil National Liberation Struggle: A Call to the Nations of the World
SJV Chelvanayakam’s address to the inaugural Tamil United Liberation Front convention in Vaddukkoddai on May 14, 1976, as published in the Suthanthiran on May 19, 1976.
Changing of the Guard
Fifty years after the Vaddukkoddai Resolution, the Sri Lankan state’s efforts to destroy Eelam Tamil nationalism have failed. Since the end of the war in 2009, everyday Tamils have taken over from the stagnant institutions that positioned themselves as successors to the armed resistance. Today, the people lead a thriving resistance that takes on cultural, social and political forms.
Reviving Valikamam’s Forgotten River
Vazukkai Aaru, once central to water management and agriculture in Valikamam, has largely disappeared from both the landscape and public memory due to war, displacement, and unplanned development. As communal water practices give way to fragmented, individualised systems that strain groundwater and increase environmental vulnerability, this loss reflects a broader erosion of traditional economic knowledge.
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Why I Had to Flee From Colombo
Originally published in the 1976 edition of The Torch Bearer, the year book of Vembadi Girls’ High School. Author Janarthini Kailainathan was a student in Grade 8 P.
Extend Moral Support to the Tamil National Liberation Struggle: A Call to the Nations of the World
SJV Chelvanayakam’s address to the inaugural Tamil United Liberation Front convention in Vaddukkoddai on May 14, 1976, as published in the Suthanthiran on May 19, 1976.