தமிழ்த் தேசியம்

"To us all towns are one, all men our kin.
Life's good comes not from others' gift, nor ill
Man's pains and pains' relief are from within.
Thus have we seen in visions of the wise !."
- Tamil Poem in Purananuru, circa 500 B.C 
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Tamil Eelam - a De Facto State

Margaret Trawick
Professor of Social Anthropology, Massey University, New Zealand
[Winner of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, 1992 ]

Photos from the Field, 2002  - "Commonfolk"  in Tamil Eelam
[also"Terrorists" in Chencholai &  "Scenes" in Tamil Eelam ]


Bavani


Three members of Bavani's family
 


Seeniyappa
 

Sumangali
 

Baby and photo of Annai Poopathi

Baby and Peggy at Annai Poopathi shrine
 

Jeyshani
 


Jeyshani's birthday party
 


Three of Seeniyappa's granddaughters
 

Sumangali's family
 


Sumangali's father and one of his grandchildren
 
 
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