Margaret Trawick - "Commonfolk" in Tamil Eelam

தமிழ்த் தேசியம்

"To us all towns are one, all men our kin.
Life's good comes not from others' gift, nor ill
Man's pains and pains' relief are from within.
Thus have we seen in visions of the wise !."
- Tamil Poem in Purananuru, circa 500 B.C

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Tamil Eelam - a De Facto State

Margaret Trawick
Professor of Social Anthropology, Massey University, New Zealand
[Winner of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy Book Prize, 1992 ]

Photos from the Field, 2002 - "Commonfolk" in Tamil Eelam
[also"Terrorists" in Chencholai & "Scenes" in Tamil Eelam ]

Bavani

Three members of Bavani's family

Seeniyappa

Sumangali

Baby and photo of Annai Poopathi

Baby and Peggy at Annai Poopathi shrine

Jeyshani

Jeyshani's birthday party

Three of Seeniyappa's granddaughters

Sumangali's family

Sumangali's father and one of his grandchildren

- truth is a pathless land -

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