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Conflict Forced Them From Their Homes. Now the Military Is Occupying Their Land.
“Future looks bleak. Unless the Tamils get their lost land back, the Tamil areas would soon be colonised by Sinhalese.”
Why Indians Are So Turned On by Navels
From frying eggs on a woman’s belly to spinning toys on the umbilicus, Indian cinema has a navel fetish and loves to capitalise on it.
From Tintin to AK-47s: A Teenage Tamil Tiger On Revolution And Terror
Listen to our new Podcast with Niromi Di Soyza, who joined the Tamil Tigers at 15.
Week on Week: The VICE India Mixtape
A song for each day of the week, throwing in a mix of new releases and some #throwbacks too—everything from homegrown hip-hop to Bollywood (uh-no?) and K-pop—we gotchyu.
M.I.A. Has Finally Released the Full Trailer For Her Documentary
Despite the delays and uncertainty, 'MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A' looks pretty astonishing.
A Photographer Takes the Bull by the Horns in His Jallikattu Series
Ryan Lobo wrestles with the controversial tradition of bull-baiting in Tamil Nadu.
Billeder af et almindeligt liv i en af Danmarks største ghettoer
Der er mange fordomme om livet i Gellerup. Nogle af dem er rigtige nok, men man kan faktisk godt bo der.
Exclusive: Secret Documents Reveal How Britain Funded Possible War Crimes in Sri Lanka
Un-redacted documents released to VICE show the scale of Britain's clandestine support for the Sri Lanka at the hight of a bloody crackdown.
Sri Lanka Massacred Tens of Thousands of Tamils While the World Looked Away
Sri Lankan soldiers recorded these terrible crimes on their mobile phones and camcorders—and over the past four years, more and more of this footage has emerged.
The Evolution of... M.I.A.
From small-town beginnings, she became a dominating trans-global force of creativity. This is how it happened.
An Australian Protester on a Plane Stopped an Asylum Seeker from Being Potentially Deported
A solitary activist aboard a Qantas flight yesterday successfully prevented the transfer and possible deportation of a Tamil man who was dreading being returned to Sri Lanka.
Human Rights Watch Says Australia Hasn’t Solved Problems, It’s Added New Ones
According to Human Rights Watch's 2015 World Report, Australia isn't doing great.