| The Tamils emigrated to the north of the island from southern India, bringing Hinduism and their Dravidian language with them. |
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| A few Tamils, living and working in different Arab countries, shared their views through the web. |
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| The province is populated by the Sinhalese, Tamils and Muslims in roughly equal proportions. |
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| The conflict in Sri Lanka today is not between the Sinhalese and the Tamils, but between the Government and a rebel group. |
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| Meanwhile young Tamils were flocking to join the militant groups which were soon to benefit from military training in India on a massive scale. |
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| People have also complained of discrimination against Muslims and Tamils in Sri Lanka's eastern provinces. |
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| I accept of course that the appellant and her family like many Tamils in the north of Sri Lanka have been affected by the conflict in Sri Lanka. |
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| In a country which has strong ties with India, these Tamils constitute the strongest link. |
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| A special feature of the campaign was to expose the discrimination against Tamils in Sri Lanka. |
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| He abolished his predecessor's discrimination against the Tamils, for example by introducing Tamil as an official language next to Sinhalese. |
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| If the Kannadigas, Tamils and Telugus are the mainstay of the City, the Malayalis are not far behind. |
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| The way the Tamils celebrate their New Year is not very different from how the Kannadigas and Telugus did it last week. |
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| Some of the most populous Indian groups within the United States are Gujaratis, Bengalis, Punjabis, Marathis, and Tamils. |
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| Many Tamils also worship village deities, and believe in such popular superstitions as spirits and the evil eye. |
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| The age old customs and traditions of the Tamils are held in high esteem by Keralites and they are preserved in modern Kerala. |
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| In Sri Lanka, war rages again on the Jaffna Peninsula while international peace-making efforts to unite Tamils and Sinhalese are spurned. |
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| So did Sinhalese and Tamils, Nepalese, Taiwanese, the Balkan people and Africans. |
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| If the Sinhalese cannot get together to express their ideas how can Tamils and Sinhalese get together? |
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| I am sure the working class of Sri Lanka, Tamils and Sinhalese alike, will reject this perspective. |
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| I went to school with Tamils, Sinhalese and members of the Burgher community. |
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| The bus destination was written only in Sinhalese, and Rajkumar, like many Tamils, is unable to read that language. |
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| Tamils use the typical Hindu namaskar, the joining of the palms of the hands in front of the body, to say hello as well as good-bye. |
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| In India, Tamils are known for their handmade silk saris, pottery figures of various gods, bronze work, and brass and copper inlaid with silver. |
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| As a result of that, the Burghers left for Australia and the Tamils stayed behind to fight. |
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| The harassment and persecution of Tamils in Sri Lanka has in no way abated in recent years. |
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| However the Sri Lankan army has continued to occupy part of the area claimed by Tamils as their homeland. |
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| The Tamils in Singapore dismiss my plays as vulgar and profane, for, I subvert the images of the pseudo-Tamil culture. |
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| Around three million Tamils continue to live in the war-torn areas in the north and east of Sri Lanka. |
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| Many of the finest cricketers produced by the State have been Tamils and Anglo-Indians. |
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| Afterward, Tamils accused the government of holding up emergency shipments to western areas that they control. |
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| He also berated the government for failing to prevent clashes last month between Tamils and Muslims in the country's east. |
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| None of this is helped by the continuing ethnic conflict between the Sinhalese and the Tamils on the island. |
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| Funds were raised for his defence not only in India but also by the Tamils in South Africa. |
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| Like many Tamils in northern Sri Lanka, his health was seriously affected by the country's protracted civil war. |
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| Many Tamils in Sri Lanka identify with this homeland, which runs along the shores of the Bay of Bengal in India. |
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| As a doctor, I don't see any difference between Tamils and Sinhalese. |
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| The majority of the Tamils live among the Sinhalese in the south. |
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| The majority of Tamils live peacefully with other ethnic groups. |
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| The Sinhalese are mainly Buddhists while the Tamils are mostly Hindus. |
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| The Tamils live amid the continuous destruction caused by the war. |
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| Kannadigas, Telugus, Tamils have all settled down here and contributed their own culture to mingle with the local culture to create a truly Bangalorean ethos. |
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| Since the 1983 initiation of all-out war between the Singhalese and Tamils, Canada has been especially accommodating to Sri Lankan refugees and now hosts some 250,000 Tamils. |
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| Sixteen of them were Sinhalese, while others were Muslims and Tamils. |
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| By language we are Tamils, by race Dravidians and by nationality Indians. |
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| The same would apply, for instance, to the Tamils of Sri Lanka, the Karens of Burma, the people of Aceh in Indonesia and the Muslims of the Southern Philippines. |
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| The use of the emergency laws will not be confined to Tamils. |
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| The Tigers are reportedly seeking an interim council to administer the northeast of the country before a peace deal is reached, made up of Tamils, Sinhalese and Muslims. |
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| Sri Lanka's Tamils have fought for decades to establish a homeland. |
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| The classes were conducted for Tamils and Sinhalese separately. |
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| Stating that the Confederation had adopted its own flag and Tamil anthem, he said there was a need for the Tamils across the world to rally behind it. |
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| The Sinhalese and Tamils are in the majority, and there are also Muslims, aboriginal Veddahs, Malaysians and Burghers. |
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| Tamils of Indian origin were brought into the country as indentured labourers by British colonists to work on estate plantations. |
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| Tamils celebrate Thai Pongal and Maha Shivaratri, and Muslims celebrate Hajj and Ramadan. |
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| Though the trade was largely dominated by the Gujurati, other groups such as the Turks, Persians, Armenians, Tamils and Abyssinians traded there. |
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| However, he warned the 157 Tamils may be subjected to indefinite detention on detention centres in Manus Island or Nauru. |
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| What he said would mean nothing to the thousands of Tamils scattered around the world, who are too afraid to return to their homeland. |
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| The exact number of Tamils killed is still a speculation that needs further study. |
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| The Tamil New Year Day will be celebrated by Tamils worldwide on Monday. |
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| Sivajilingham however said that he has urged the public to commemorate the Tamils killed during the war in the North and East in a peaceful manner. |
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| Tamils called it Kallikkottai while for the Chinese it was Kalifo. |
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| The aggressive Sinhala response to the moderate demands of Tamil nationalism encouraged some Tamils to seek violent alternatives to win justice and peace. |
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