Yearly Archive: 2022

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Vain Attempt to bring Disrepute to Heroic Forces

By Nadira Gunatilleke   Last week the country was full of hot topics. It is very interesting to note how the innocent poor ordinary people who do not use social media due to their age, economic status and lack of IT knowledge reacted to those hot topics connected to various...

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Vellalar extremism turns into “Tamil nationalism”

By H.L. D Mahindapala n three simple sentences Prof. S. Arasaratnam, the historian, has summed up the overarching force that governed Jaffna. He stated: “The Vellahlas (sic) were thus the key caste in the Tamil social system. They dominated the villages and ran its affairs. The numerous other castes served...