President Nila

The persecution of Eelam Tamils in Sri Lanka did not begin with the civil war. Its ideological foundations were laid more than a century ago, during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, under the influence of Anagarika Dharmapala and the Buddhist revivalist movement. What began as a religious reform effort soon transformed into a political project of Sinhala-Buddhist supremacy. Dharmapala and his contemporaries reinterpreted the ancient chronicle Mahāvaṃsa, which narrates the...

Author: Balananthini Balasubramaniam @Small Drops 1. Enforced Disappearances and Post-War Trauma In the aftermath of the civil conflict, Northern and Eastern Sri Lanka have witnessed a profound and enduring crisis of enforced disappearances. Independent estimates indicate that between 40,000 and 60,000 individuals remain unaccounted for in the Northern Province, representing approximately 60–65% of the national total. In the Eastern Province, an estimated 15,000 to 25,000 persons are missing,...

On 21 January 2026, I had the profound privilege of attending a high-level policy engagement at the Cholmondeley Room and Terrace, House of Lords, Palace of Westminster, London. Convened at 6:30 pm under the auspices of Baroness Gohir OBE on behalf of Families Set Free, the forum brought together an extraordinary assembly of intellectuals, scientists, social activists, and people-centred policy thinkers. My presence as an invitee—Balananthini Balasubramaniam—reflected the transnational reach...