Mario Arulthas

Street art commemorating the war dead has become a flashpoint between Tamil artists and state authorities in the north.

Anura Kumara Dissanayake's historic win upended the Colombo elite but left the Tamil north and east watching cautiously.

Across the diaspora and in the north, Tamil community organisations are slowly chipping away at cultural stigmas around mental health.

Government officials tout tourism as the north's economic salvation, but communities warn of land grabs and cultural erasure.

After years of delays, Sri Lanka may hold long-overdue provincial elections — but trust among Tamil voters is at an all-time low.

Decades after the passage of the Official Languages Act, Tamil speakers in the north and east still encounter Sinhala-only government services.

Attitudes towards marriage, family, and tradition are shifting among younger diaspora Tamils — but not always in the directions assumed.

Tamil communities face routine power cuts and water shortages that their counterparts in the south rarely experience.

The nationwide electoral success of the anti-establishment NPP does not mean Tamil nationalism is on the decline.

Sri Lanka's political earthquake elected a president outside the elite. But what does it mean for Tamil communities?

From London to Toronto, Tamil cultural festivals are growing in scale and ambition, drawing artists from around the world.

Entrepreneurs in Jaffna are building from the ground up, often without access to the financial infrastructure available in the south.

Tamil diaspora entrepreneurs are creating networks that span multiple countries, often with roots in personal experiences of displacement.

A new generation of Tamil photographers is building a visual archive of everyday life in the north, on their own terms.