Waiting for the command to Grieve: Controversy over the death announcement of Prabhakaran

Events that happened in the Vanni theatre of war in the middle of the month of May came as a shock for most of the Diaspora Tamils. Despite the fact that the LTTE was cornered in a narrow strip of land and a chance for the top level leaders to escape and regroup was minimal, many Tamils hoped for a miracle. During the peak of the fighting that resulted in carnage where thousands of civilians and tigers killed, the concern was whether the legendary Tiger leader Velupillai Prabhakaran was still in the fighting area. Speculations were many. read more....