by International Truth & Justice Project Sri Lanka and Human Rights Data Analysis Group, May 14, 2026 IMPORTANT: ITJP allows victims or those who know victims to add their information to the database! Sri Lanka Casualties /lkdd.itjpsl.com Current database for causalties during IPKF period contains over 10,000 names. from ITJP’s Twitter: @hrdag and the ITJP… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2026
Abraham Lincoln’s “Emancipation Proclamation” and S.J.V. Chelvanayagam’s “Vaddukoddai Resolution”
Drawing parallels by Balan Kugabalan, May 13, 2026 On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed Presidential Proclamation 95, later known as the “Emancipation Proclamation,” freeing 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the Confederate States. More than a century later, on May 14, 1976, in Sri Lanka, S. J. V. Chelvanayagam led the adoption of… Read more »
The Hindu: On the 2026 Assembly Elections
Lost and found The National Democractic Alliance’s success in Bengal and Assam is partly offset by its failure in Tamil Nadu and Kerala The Hindu editorial, Chennai, May 05, 2026 The results of the 2026 Assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry highlight several factors that have a bearing on India’s direction as a secular, democratic, federal republic. In… Read more »
From Tamil Cinema Superstar to Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister
Joseph Vijay by Unni K Chennamkulath, The New Indian Express, May 9, 2026 Whether his government succeeds or falters will shape Tamil Nadu’s next political chapter. But Vijay has already transformed the state’s political landscape, emerging as the architect of one of its most significant modern political breakthroughs. ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay has scripted one of the… Read more »
Vijay’s Historic Victory
Chance for Lanka to reset relations by The Examiner, Colombo, May 8, 2026 Vijay’s two-year-old political party has redrawn the Tamil Nadu electoral map. Though he echoed the long-standing consensus on Sri Lankan issues, this fresh chapter in Tamil Nadu politics may be an opportunity to ‘reset’ Lanka-Tamil Nadu relations. Actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay upended… Read more »
Chelliah Rajadurai: The Rajah of Batticaloa – Part 3
by Sachi Sri Kantha, May 3, 2026 A Trend setter In comparison to his Federal Party colleagues of 1960s (excluding Pundit K.P. Ratnam), Rajadurai was blessed with Tamil literary mind. Majority of his Federal Party colleagues were advocates and lawyers, with E.M.V. Naganathan being the solitary medical doctor. Even those who began their career as… Read more »
“Pasarai Pāṇar” Thenisai Chellappa Dies Aged 85
https://youtu.be/EEP-uL-ktoc?si=e3fjgAwEufogo14j Singer of Eelam revolutionary songs by Tamil Guardian, London, April 28, 2026 Veteran Tamil singer Thenisai Chellappa, fondly known as the “Pasarai Pāṇar” for his powerful and evocative musical contributions to Tamil Eelam national consciousness, passed away on Tuesday, 28 April 2026, at the age of 85 following a period of ill health. Born… Read more »
Asha Bhosle, Longtime Voice of Indian Cinema, Dies at 92
Her distinctive and adventurous voice was the soundtrack for generations of Bollywood films. by Pragati K.B., The New York Times, April 12, 2026 Asha Bhosle, the Indian singer whose astonishing range and longevity made her one of the most recorded voices in modern Indian music, died on Sunday in Mumbai. She was 92. Her death,… Read more »
Amnesty: Prageeth, the Trinco 5 & 2026 Reports
by Amnesty International, London, various dates *** Amnesty Annual Report on Human Rights, April 21, 2026 Sri Lanka 2025 A new government took office in late 2024, promising transformational change. However, the new administration continued to use the draconian anti-terror law and failed to reform other laws, negatively affecting freedom of expression and rights for… Read more »