Some general reflections (in Tamil) on the British literary canon, postcolonialism and the relationship between literature, globalization and nationalism. youtube.com/watch?v=cO8xxa3n…

The differences ARE CLEAR: *The symbol is DIFFERENT. *The name is DIFFERENT. *The @AITCofficial is led by @MamataOfficial and stands with the INDIA alliance. *The TRAITORS stand with @BJP4India and are led by @narendramodi. One chose the people’s mandate. The other chose BETRAYAL OF THE PEOPLE. Voters know the difference between someone who built a REAL PARTY and those who can only hide behind a BJP-created SHELL PARTY.

Nobody is asking Rahul Gandhi to hug Pinarayi Vijayan. On the contrary all that we are asking is that he stop being a facilitator for the ED and the Modi government by demanding the arrest of Pinarayi Vijayan and other opposition leaders. That is not the job of the Leader of the Opposition.

வட்டுக்கோட்டைத் தீர்மானமும், தேசம், பிராந்தியம் மற்றும் தேசத்திற்கும் அரசுக்கும் இடையிலான உறவு குறித்து அது கொண்டுள்ள அனுமானங்களும் ஐரோப்பிய நவீனத்துவத்தை பிரதிபலிக்கும் ஓர் அரசியல் தர்க்கத்தினையே வெளிப்படுத்துகின்றன‌. 👉🏿maatram.org/articles/12807 by @t30m2 #VaddukoddaiResolution

‘A Volatile Picture’ month at last! The book is shipping out in the US via @UWAPress (summer sale on now! ) / UK distributor @LivUniPress. Out in the world on the 16th of June uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295… | liverpooluniversitypress.co.…

My Kuppi article "Pitfalls and Exclusions in Academic Recruitment" in today's The Island. island.lk/pitfalls-and-exclu…

யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் வணிகபீட மாணவர் ஒன்றியம் வெளியிட்ட அறிக்கையின் உணர்வுகளுடன் நானும் எனது கட்சியும் முழுமையாக உடன்படுகிறோம். தத்தமது சமய மற்றும் பண்பாட்டு நம்பிக்கைகளை அனுபவிக்கும் உரிமையும் சுதந்திரமும் அனைத்து மாணவர்களுக்கும் உண்டு. அவ்வாறே, சிங்கள பௌத்த மாணவர்களுக்கும், வெசாக் மற்றும் அதுபோன்ற பௌத்த விழாக்களைக் கொண்டாடுவதற்கும், கடைப்பிடிப்பதற்கும் அந்தத் தடையற்ற உரிமை உண்டு. நேற்று இரவு யாழ்ப்பாணப் பல்கலைக்கழக வளாகத்திற்குள் வெசாக் வெளிச்சக்கூடு சேதப்படுத்தப்பட்ட விவகாரம் முழுமையாக விசாரிக்கப்பட்டு, அதற்குக் காரணமானவர்கள் மீது உரிய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கப்பட வேண்டும். வெசாக் கூட்டை சேதப்படுத்திய செயற்பாட்டை தமிழ் தேசிய பேரவை வன்மையாக கண்டிக்கிறது.

I wish to fully associate my self and my party with the sentiments of the statement issued by the Management Studies and Commerce Students’ Union of the Jaffna University. All students have the right and the freedom to enjoy their religious and cultural beliefs. As such the Sinhala Buddhist Students and others who celebrate Vesak and similar Buddhist occasions have that unfettered right. The incident of vandalism to a Vesak lantern that had occurred last night within the Jaffna University premises needs to be fully investigated and those responsible properly dealt with. The Tamil National Council condemns the act of vandalism unreservedly.

02.06.2026 Statement Regarding the Recent Vesak Celebration Incident at the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, University of Jaffna

Decolonising liberation: Seeing beyond the Vaddukoddai Resolution | Daily FT ft.lk/columns/Decolonising-l…

"Contrary to the Vaddukoddai Resolution, I wish to recall the Freedom Charter of the African National Congress, which framed South Africa as a country that belonged to all its people. In the Freedom Charter, residency rather than membership in a particular community or nation became the central logic of the new resistant political imaginary of the anti-apartheid movement. The ANC was able to rise above the Euro-modern nationalist logic of ethnic/racial/religious/linguistic territorialisation in its broader vision for post-apartheid South Africa. It was able to offer multi-racial democracy (as opposed to black nation-state) as an alternative to apartheid. We need a similar imaginary in the North-East. It should not be based on any real or imagined histories of the region’s past. It should reject hierarchies of communities and ethnicities and their relationship to land. What is needed is a vision that prioritises the wellbeing of the people who inhabit the region and their coexistence as equal communities and people. Such a vision should be strengthened by a socio-economic program that ensures re-distribution, social justice, gender justice and abolition of caste."

Folks in and around Colombo - Please attend. A very important book that traces, among other things, the history of the dispossession that Tamils faced and continue to face in Manal Aru in the name of development.

Tomorrow at 5 PM 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 Manal Aru / Weli Oya: The Violent History of River Valley Development, Frontier Colonisation and Ethnic Territorialisation 🗓️: Tuesday, 𝟐𝟔 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 📷: 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM 📍: SSA, 380/86, Sarana rd, Colombo 07

the executive presidency is a hell of a drug 💥 #SriLanka

Does this mean the NPP (like all the other parties) is going to keep the Executive Presidency alive? @anuradisanayake @Dr_HariniA @Lakmali89

Sri Lanka’s IMF-led Debt Restructuring and Lessons for Senegal - article by Ahilan Kadirgamar dailymirror.lk/opinion/Sri-L…

My article "Decolonising liberation: Seeing beyond the Vaddukoddai Resolution" in today's edition of Daily Financial Times ft.lk/columns/Decolonising-l…

Abolish the Executive Presidency.

The NPP and the Tamil Question: Rhetoric without Substance? My conversation with Prof Jayadeva Uyangoda and Dr Geethika Dharmasinghe youtube.com/watch?v=5AZuWF0n…