Did You Know ‘Eelam’ originally referred to the Island of the Sinhalese?
Friday, July 25th, 2025Shenali D Waduge Eelam — a word that triggered a 30-year conflict — must be urgently re-examined. The term Tamil Eelam” has come to symbolize demands for a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka. But few stop to ask: What did Eelam” originally mean? Contrary to separatist claims, historical, linguistic, and literary evidence shows that […]
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