Vanni
Vanni: A graphic history
A recent graphic novel highlights the human cost of Sri Lanka’s civil war.
Elijah Hoole | Jun 16, 2020
A people on the run
For a quarter century, the Tamils of Sri Lanka have been displaced, massacred and bombed. Now, a section is cornered in the Vanni.
Rajan Hoole | Feb 06, 2009
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