Sri Lankan civil war in popular culture

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With the Sri Lankan Civil War spanning for nearly 30 years (1983–2009), the conflict has been portrayed in a variety of ways in popular culture, both during the war and after its conclusion.

Literature

Biographies

Tamil Tigress (2011), by Niromi de Soyza

Non-fiction

This Divided Island (2015), by Samanth Subramanian
Island of Blood (2003), by Anita Pratap
The Tamil Genocide by Sri Lanka (2009), by Francis Boyle
The Cage (2011), by Gordon Weiss
Still Counting the Dead (2012), by Frances Harrison
Gota’s War: The Crushing of Tamil Tiger Terrorism in Sri Lanka (2012), by C. A. Chandraprema
Dare to Dream - Heroic Tales for the Tamil Diaspora (2012), by J. K. Sivalingam
A Fleeting Moment in My Country (2012), by N. Malathy

Novels

Tech War (Able Team) (1985), by Dick Stivers
Funny Boy (1994), by Shyam Selvadurai
The Road from Elephant Pass (2003), by Nihal De Silva
Island of a Thousand Mirrors (2012), by Nayomi Munaweera
Ummath (2014), by Sharmila Seyyid
The Story of a Brief Marriage (2016), by Anuk Arudpragasam

Film & TV

Music

Poradada Oru Valenthada, song from Alai Osai (1985)
Tholvi Nilaiyena, song from Oomai Vizhigal (1986)^[2]
Lions and Tigers (1997), song by Brown Boogie Nation
Sebalanani (2009), song by Ranidu Lankage
Born Free (2010), song by M.I.A.

Video games

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Predator (2010)
NERO: The Sniper (2021)

References

^ "「機動戦士ガンダム00」ストーリーガイド【第２回】　第２話「ガンダムマイスター」（DVD第１巻収録）を紹介！". GUNDAM.INFO. Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc.
^ "Tholvi Nilayena (Oomai Vizhigal)". Tamil Guardian. April 29, 2011.

Sri Lankan civil war (1983–2009)

Origins

Combatants

Sri Lanka	Army (LRRP) Navy Air Force Police Special Task Force Home Guards Attacks on civilians Assassinations
LTTE	Divisions Air Tigers Sea Tigers Black Tigers Attacks in the 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s Assassinations Suicide bombings
Other militants (list)	ENDLF ENLF EPRLF EROS PLOTE TELO
India	Indian Peace Keeping Force
Paramilitary groups	EPDP TMVP

Phases

Major battles

Major events

Leaders

Sri Lanka

Military

Army	Tissa Weeratunga Nalin Seneviratne Hamilton Wanasinghe Cecil Waidyaratne G. H. De Silva Rohan Daluwatte Srilal Weerasooriya L. P. Balagalle Shantha Kottegoda Sarath Fonseka
Navy	Asoka de Silva H. A. Silva Clancy Fernando D. A. M. R. Samarasekara H. C. A. C. Thisera Daya Sandagiri Wasantha Karannagoda
Air Force	Dick Perera Andibuduge Fernando Makalandage Gunawardena Oliver Ranasinghe Jayalath Weerakkody Donald Perera Roshan Goonetileke

Civilian

LTTE

Militant	Velupillai Prabhakaran Pottu Amman Soosai Karuna Amman
Political	Selvarasa Pathmanathan Anton Balasingham S. P. Thamilselvan

India

Military	Harkirat Singh Ashok K. Mehta Kulwant Singh Depinder Singh Dalvir Singh Krishnaswamy Sundarji
Civilian	R. Venkataraman Rajiv Gandhi V. P. Singh Jyotindra Nath Dixit J. Jayalalithaa M. Karunanidhi Vaiko

Aftermath