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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.
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.