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Connectivity that Works for the Tamil Nation
Among the injuries inflicted by the Sri Lankan state against the Eelam Tamils listed in the Vaddukoddai Resolution was the state “systematically cutting them off from main the stream of Tamil cultures in South India” as part of an effort “inexorably towards the cultural genocide of the Tamils.” Fifty years later, the challenge now is not the North-East being cut off from Tamil Nadu, but the need to bring them closer together.
Changing of the Guard
The Sri Lankan state’s efforts to destroy Eelam Tamil nationalism have failed. Fifty years after the Vaddukkoddai Resolution, everyday people have taken over from bureaucratic institutions to lead a thriving resistance that takes on cultural, social and political forms.
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.
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Refusal and Resistance: the Sri Lankan state’s failure in Sivanagar, Kilinochchi.
During the last stages of war, the Sri Lankan army repeatedly shelled the Kilinochchi district, destroying resistance infrastructure, peoples’ homes, and many of the villages that surrounded the main city.
