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You know, I always find it funny when people go on about Lakshman Kadirgamar like he was some great statesman, or diplomat, or one of these fancy people in Suits, that our people like to worship as “Sirs”.   The Sinhalese elite, especially the Colombo 7 types,(i only remember the old Colombo, so i dont know if Colombo 7 is still the old posh place i knew, so bear with me.) who sip tea, wine, coffee, and talk politics in their clubs, cafes, old heritage buildings, etc etc, (you know those buggers!) You know they just love him.  Kadirgamar is like their token Tamil! He is Sinhala people’s Muthiah Muralitharan of politics. You know them! The Muttiah Muralitharans, the lot that doesn't care about the Tamils, the lot that will spin and chuck everything in favour of the Sri lankan government and smile for the pictures advertising their race and ethnicity in order to assist in the whitewashing of the Sinhala State's crime.  But do the Tamils also feel the same? ...

Nestled in the Ampara District of Sri Lanka, Veeramunai is a Tamil-majority village that forms part of the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka. The Eastern Province is an integral region of the Tamil homeland. For generations, this land has held deep cultural and strategic significance for Tamils. That said, the East is also a very diverse place and home to a large percentage of Tamil speaking Muslims who choose to identify themselves as a distinct group of people who consciously avoid the Tamil political and cultural identity. Successive Sinhala governments deliberately stirred tensions between Tamils and Muslims, weakening both communities and used the “Muslim factor” as a convenient pretext to sever the bond between the North and East. In this process, much of the Muslim leadership fell in line with the state’s agenda. This blog is part two of our series on Sri Lanka's Muslim Home Guard. To read Part 1 click here👇 MHG01-Kattankudy's War on Tamils https://www.mrpaluvets.com/2025/0...

Kattankudy is a name you’ve probably come across often when reading about the Tamil struggle in Sri Lanka or the Sri Lankan civil war. This predominantly Muslim town in the Eastern province of Sri Lanka has long been a hotspot of communal violence and ethnic tensions. The Kattankudy mosque massacre of 1990 is remembered as one of the most tragic and shocking events of the conflict. Yet, despite its severity, this massacre remains poorly investigated and has too often been used to unfairly frame the Tamil struggle in a negative light. While the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were widely blamed, they have consistently denied any involvement. What many fail to mention is that this massacre happened just a kilometer away from a Sri Lankan military camp, in an area firmly controlled by the then Sri Lankan state. It is difficult to imagine such an operation taking place without the knowledge or at least tacit consent of the Sri Lankan military. Another crucial aspect often overlooke...