Book traces fiscal history of Tamils since Sangam era

CHENNAI: Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday released the book Thamizhar Nithi Nirvagam: Thonmaiyum Thodarchiyum (Financial ...
The Economist

An ancient rice bowl complicates the story of civilisation in India

R ARELY CAN a spoonful of rice have caused such a stir. When M.K. Stalin, chief minister of Tamil Nadu, addressed the south Indian state’s legislature on September 9th, he celebrated a musty sample of ...
UNHCR

UNHCR applauds Sri Lanka's move to recognise stateless Tamils

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Dec 4 (UNHCR) - Thousands of stateless Tamils have ended their long struggle for recognition in Sri Lanka and registered to become citizens of a country they have called home for ...
NPR

In War's Aftermath, Tamils Are Haunted By Hope For Relatives' Return

In the past 30 years, some 60,000 to 100,000 Sri Lankans have disappeared, Amnesty International reports. Ethnic and religious tensions have always been a part of Sri Lanka's history, which includes a ...
The New Indian Express

‘Consider Indian Origin Tamils’ plea on citizenship in two months’

MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court recently directed the Union Ministries of Home and External Affairs to consider a representation submitted by a resident of Kottapattu Rehabilitation ...
The Hindu

We live at a time when fiction is treated as history to distort reality: Amarnath Ramakrishna

In the backdrop of the political flashpoint between the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government over the Keeladi findings, K. Amarnath Ramakrishna, the director of the National Mission on Monuments and ...
The Diplomat

Indian Citizenship Law’s Exclusion of Sri Lankan Tamils

The debate on which refugees qualify for Indian citizenship has intensified with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government enacting the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) 2019 and notifying the rules ...