The history of LTTE, Eelam Tamil struggles are far too complex. Tamils who are Indian nationalists have come to accept this mixed history as multiple shades of grey. It'll never be a binary for us unlike either tamil nationalists or the rest of India.
There is absolutely no point either for the larger Indian nationalists who don't understand Eelam history or for the looney tamil nationalists to try to push us take a firm balck and white stand on them as either freedom fighters or as terrorists. It will always be complex for us
Assassinating our PM meant that they need to be eliminated. That's just the writ of the Indian state imposing itself and there can be no compromise. But that doesn't take away the legitimate struggle of the Tamils of the Northern province.
The actions of IPKF in Eelam will remain a blot and it is high time we accept that bad part of the history too even while saluting the sacrifices of the brave soldiers during the campaign.
Today Eelam tamils are spread all over the world fully displaced, building new lives, with in some families, an uncle living in Canada, a cousin brother in Norway etc. Some first sought refuge in UK finished high school then worked in Canada then built a family & moved to US.
The extended families are time zones apart not out of their own wish but because of circumstances. They meet once a year. Imagine your entire society being completely uprooted from your homeland and destroyed like this. That's how they are living still keeping their culture alive
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