Near site of LTTE’s last stand, a victory memorial that Tamils don’t visit

Of the 19 divisions in the Sri Army, 14 are based in the Northern Province.(Photo:Yanuuk Willing)

Nirupama Subramanian R. K. Radhakrishnan
Letters from Lanka In the heart of northern Sri Lanka, near the place where thousands of Tamil civilians are believed to have been killed during the military’s last successful push against the LTTE, stands a powerful assertion of that victory.
 In the heart of northern Sri Lanka, near the place where thousands of Tamil civilians are believed to have been killed during the military’s last successful push against the LTTE, stands a powerful assertion of that victory.