The first part of this article published last week briefly outlined the history of Sri Lanka’s national anthem being sung in Tamil. In this second and final part, the focus would be on the regress and ...

Former Jaffna district Parliamentarian and Ex- Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi(ITAK) president Somasundaram Senathirajah known widely as “Maavai”Senathirajah passed away in the Intensive Care Unit of the ...

Veteran Tamil political leader Somasundaram Senathirajah popularly known as “Maavai” Senathirajah breathed his last on 29 January 2025. The octogenarian six-footer suffered a brain concussion after a ...

Senior Tamil politician Mavai Senathirajah, a key figure in the long political struggle for the rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka’s north and east, passed away on Wednesday (January 29, 2025) after a ...

Former Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) Jaffna district commander Sathasivamillai Krishnakumar alias “Col”Kittu was regarded as the uncrowned king of Jaffna in the mid-eighties of the twentieth ...

The Editors’ Guild of Sri Lanka has expressed its profound sorrow at the passing away last Sunday of one of its erstwhile members, Victor Ivan. Ivan was at the time a frontline member of the Free ...

India is Sri Lanka’s closest neighbour. Among the Indian states, it is the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu that is closest to the island. Tamil Nadu meaning “Tamil Land/Country” is home to more than ...