tamils in English

noun
1
a member of a people inhabiting parts of southern India and Sri Lanka.
Funds were raised for his defence not only in India but also by the Tamils in South Africa.
2
the Dravidian language of the Tamils.
While its history is shrouded, it set the stage for an outpouring of medieval poetry in Tamil , a Dravidian language.

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1. Some Tamils have to stop being Apologetic for being Tamils especially the poor tamils.

2. The three major groups were the Sinhalese, Tamils and Moors.

3. The failure to treat Tamils properly has carried a fearsome price.

4. Mr Premadasa tried to close the gap between Sinhalese and Tamils.

5. Tamils and Sinhalese have lived together on the island for 000-odd years.

6. Without influence in Delhi or among the Tamils she was powerless to sway events.

7. India Antagonized Tamils of India by not voting against Sri Lanka in UN Security council

8. Memories of the 1983 riots, when thousands of Tamils were butchered in Colombo, are lively.

9. This will Antagonise Tamils at large, and widen the gulf between them and the Sinhalese.

10. 13 hours ago · Kamal Haasan says 'Centre betrayed Tamils' after India Abstains from voting in UNHRC

11. Any proposals to grant rights to the Tamils have to get the prior approval of Buddhist monks.

12. 20 Tamils felt deprived of access to government and of their traditional route to advancement, jobs in the civil service.

13. Over 100 more Tamils were reportedly killed in further reprisals against refugee camps and villages on Aug. 12-

14. Many tea plantation workers are Indian Tamils, brought over to Sri Lanka by the British in the 19th century.

15. Tamils felt deprived of access to government and of their traditional route to advancement, jobs in the civil service.

16. Despite the Hinduism of most Tamils and the Buddhism of most Sinhalese, they coexisted for those two millennia without much hostility.

17. Nationalist Sinhalese leaders passed a number of chauvinistic laws that discriminated against Tamils in the fields of language, education and employment.

18. 14 Despite the Hinduism of most Tamils and the Buddhism of most Sinhalese, they coexisted for those two millennia without much hostility.

19. 22 For the last two centuries, since the Tamils started to immigrate to sri Lanka with its Sinhala majority, the two ethnic groups have been in conflict.

20. 1 day ago · 'Betrayed Tamils', 'Strategic move': Mixed reactions after India Abstains from voting on Sri Lanka's human rights record Ambani security scare: NIA …

21. Kamal Haasan says 'Centre betrayed Tamils' after India Abstains from voting in UNHRC Kamal Haasan took a swipe at the Modi government for abstaining … Read more on republicworld.com

22. "The government is of the view that voluntary repatriation can be Countenanced only after proper rehabilitation of internally displaced Sri Lankan Tamils," Governor K Rosiah said delivering his customary address to the state assembly session that began its sitting in Chennai.