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Climate Change
A pact with nature
Article | Arul Karki | Picture | Anas Mohamed Nuski Sri Lanka’s tea industry, which stands as a main pillar of the national economy, is today facing unprecedented challenges due to global warming and climate change. Established in the 19th century, the Ceylon Tea trade now supports the livelihoods of over 1.5 million people and plays a vital role in…
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Tourism
Understanding Tamil Cultural Heritage
Story and Picture | North East Narrative The legacies left to us by past generations are known as heritage, and they remain invaluable in both the present and the future. Heritage is broadly classified into two types: tangible heritage and intangible heritage. Tangible heritage includes monuments, ancient buildings, and works of art that can be physically seen and touched. Intangible…
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Voice of People
Thaiyiddy – History of the struggling people
Story | North East Narrative | Picture | Sanjula Pietersz “I am now living in the eighteenth house, brother. We were displaced from this place when I was 33 years old. Now I am 78. Even now, our land has not been released. Though I am a woman, I struggled hard and built a house, and today it lies reduced…
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Memories
A Country Known for Injustice
Story and Picture | North East Narrative Kumarapuram is a village situated along Batticaloa Road within the Muthur Divisional Secretariat Division of the Trincomalee District, in Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province. This village, inhabited by Tamils for many generations, is surrounded by extensive paddy fields and water bodies, upon which the local economy is entirely dependent. On 11th of February 1996,…
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Featured
Kuchchaveli: An Interview on Land Grabbing and Buddhization
Story | North East Narrative |Picture | Selvarajah Rajasekar Selvaraja Rajasegar, an independent journalist and Editor-in-Chief of the Maatram website, directed the documentary titled “Kuchchaveli.” Produced by the Centre for Policy Alternatives (CPA), the film explores land grabbing and the subsequent process of “Buddhization” occurring in the Kuchchaveli region. Below is his interview with the North East Narrative website regarding…
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Featured
Who Killed Him?
Story and Picture | North East Narrative Vadamaradchi East is a part of Jaffna. Within this region are many villages such as Manalkadu, Kudaththanai, Sempiyanpattu, Maruthankeni, Thaalaiyadi, Uduththurai, and Vettilaikkeani. Relying on the deep Indian Ocean that forms the border of this area, many families live here. The economic reality of these families is such that their hearths will only…
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Featured
Hill country: Displacement in the Name of Disaster
Story | Arul karki | Picture | North East Narrative Although the Hill country Tamil community of Sri Lanka has served as the backbone of the nation’s economy for more than two centuries, today it faces the risk of a new form of political displacement under the guise of climate change. In recent months, calls have intensified to resettle the…
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Hope
Sumathi: The Woman Who Never Gives Up Hope
Story and Picture | North East Narrative It is often said that war affects children first and women next. The Vanni region of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province stands as powerful evidence of this truth. While many women continue to live unable to recover from the impacts of war, there are also those who tirelessly strive to rise above their struggles.…
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History
The Story of Tamil-Brahmi/Tamili
Story and Picture | Vicky Kannan In 1882, Near Madurai in the Mangulam area, Robert Sewell first discovered the Brahmi inscription. At that time, no one realized that it was Tamil Brahmi. Later, in 1924, Subramania Iyer studied the inscription fully and stated that the language of the inscription was Tamili and that the script was Tamil-Brahmi. Historians at that…
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Environment
Kadhaliyar Samalankulam: Destroyed for Stone Quarrying
Story | North East Narrative Picture | T.Ravikaran Kadhaliyar Samalankulam is a village located in the Oddusuddan Divisional Secretariat Division of the Mullaitivu District. This village is historically connected to the legacy of Kulasekaram Vairamuthu Pandara Vanniyan, who fought against the British colonial forces from the Vanni region and attained heroic martyrdom. Kadhaliyar Samalankulam is well known for its agricultural…
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