Tamils posts
The Economist Roughly three-quarters of Sri Lankans are Sinhalese; Tamils and Tamil-speaking Muslims make up the remaining quarter
Linguistic slights spur ethnic division in Sri Lanka
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Monoglot officials are impeding post-war reconciliation
109 months ago
The Wall Street Journal With the fists of Chuck Norris and swagger of Sean Connery, 65-year-old actor Rajinikanth is much more than India's top superstar for the world's Tamils. #Kabali
‘Kabali’ Shows India’s Greatest Action Hero Rajinikanth Still Commands the Box Office
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CHENNAI, India—India’s most popular action hero once starred as a robot driven mad by love. [wsj-more-in tag="Kabali"] In one scene, he jumps from a speeding Mercedes convertible and flies through the back window of a police car, pulling the driv Read more ... er through the windshield and riding him like a surfbo...
116 months ago
The Economist The small portion of Indians who drink like the strong stuff. In Lucknow it is “evening medicine”. In Bangalore: “oil”. Among Tamils it is “water”. In 2014, 1,700 Indians died after imbibing toxic home brew
Alcohol laws in India are a mix of prudishness and excess, tangled laws and hefty profits
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India’s governments struggle with their addiction to booze
121 months ago
The Wall Street Journal The new leaders of Sri Lanka have pledged to release political prisoners and investigate war crimes and human-rights abuses committed during a decadeslong conflict between Tamil separatists and a government dominated by the majority Sinhalese.
Sri Lanka Releases Dozens of Jailed Tamils
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Sri Lankan courts granted bail on Wednesday to dozens of ethnic Tamils jailed under the country’s strict anti-terrorism laws after a hunger strike by prisoners.
124 months ago
The Wall Street Journal The Tamil diaspora will not be voting in Sri Lankan election Monday but was still courted ahead of the polls. This story explains why.
Sri Lanka’s Government Tries to Strike a Balance With Tamils Ahead of Election
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Sri Lanka’s government has been reaching out to the country’s influential Tamil diaspora with the aim of building minority support and boosting its international standing. But the contentious strategy holds risks.
127 months ago
Prince Mla https://www.facebook.com/mla.prince.1/posts/1789863871238864
Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen's conspiracy against Indian Expatriates!!
I strongly condemn the present ruling Maldivian Government led by Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen and Indian Read more ... Embassy Officials at Maldives, who pretends to be blind and deaf!!
During this week, the ruling Maldivian Government has did conspiracy and has arranged the Goondas to attack Indians at Maldives with knives. They are using this strategy to create bad impression towards the recently detained former President Nasheed's Political Party.
Indian National Robert Samstalin and few other Indians has been stabbed with knife and they were hospitalised.
The ruling Maldivian Government exercise dictatorship and has forced the Media by not to publish any of these news.
Whether Indians were the scapegoat for ruling Maldivian Government for their own political dramas to gain political power?
I condemn the Officials of Indian Embassy who have chased away the Indian Nationals for approaching the Indian Embassy to register their complaints, by saying that they can't do anything!!
I have raised this issue before the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly through the "Calling Attention for matters of urgent public importance". Also I have send petitions demanding the Indian Government for immediate action towards the Union Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs, External Affairs, Tamil Nadu Commissionerate of Rehabilitation & Welfare of Non Resident Tamils, Offices of President and Prime Minister over postal, email & fax. So far not action has been taken. Hence, I condemn the irresponsibility of Indian Government!!
132 months ago
The Wall Street Journal In its latest effort to rekindle ethnic reconciliation, Sri Lanka's government handed back 425 acres of military-held land to minority Tamil families.
New Sri Lanka Government Gives Military-Held Land Back to Tamils
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Sri Lanka’s new government handed back 425 acres of military-held land to minority Tamil families in the country's north on Monday in its latest effort to rekindle ethnic reconciliation.
132 months ago