Maaveerar Naal, LTTE Commemoration, and the Politics of Selective Memory
Monday, November 24th, 2025Shenali D Waduge Maaveerar Naal has increasingly been presented—especially by diaspora activists—as a cultural or humanitarian day of mourning for Tamils. However, the historical origins, rituals, and political functions of Maaveerar Naal reveal that it was created and institutionalized by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) not as a Tamil national day of remembrance, […]
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