The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), or Tamil Tigers, was a socialist revolutionary organization fighting for Tamil self-determination in Sri Lanka since 1976.
The Tamil Tigers sought to achieve the independence of "Tamil Eelam", a region for the Hindu Tamils to live in freely, without having to be governed by the mostly-Sinhalese Buddhist population of Sri Lanka.
A Norwegian brokered cease fire in 2002 saw the rebuilding of civil life in the Tamil Tiger controlled regions located in the North Eastern parts of Sri Lanka. My documentation of this activity happened in 2003 where basic infrastructure, education and the much sought after normalisation of daily life of Tamil civilians were finally happening.
The Tamil Tigers sought to achieve the independence of "Tamil Eelam", a region for the Hindu Tamils to live in freely, without having to be governed by the mostly-Sinhalese Buddhist population of Sri Lanka.
A Norwegian brokered cease fire in 2002 saw the rebuilding of civil life in the Tamil Tiger controlled regions located in the North Eastern parts of Sri Lanka. My documentation of this activity happened in 2003 where basic infrastructure, education and the much sought after normalisation of daily life of Tamil civilians were finally happening.
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