Rejected by the rest of the Tamil population and ignored by the Sinhalese authorities, tea workers who migrated from Tamil Nadu centuries ago are exploited in the plantations of the Sri Lankan highlands
Sri Lanka’s opposition talked of giving concessions to the country’s defeated Tamil minority. The Sinhalese majority said no. Melanie Gouby analyses Sri Lanka’s presidential election
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksawas expected to win the January 26th election hands down - but he didn’t reckon on former army chief General Sarath Fonseka entering the fray
