All Projects/Year/2025
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Contents
- 1 Noolaham Digital Library Collection Development 2025
- 2 Documenting Case Briefs in relation to crimes prosecuted by the domestic courts in Sri Lanka of relevance to the debate on accountability and reconciliation
- 3 Constitutional Reform Proposals made by Tamil political parties from 1921-present: Documenting the Tamil side of the story in Sri Lanka's fractured process for a Constitutional Settlement
- 4 Digitization of Thillainathan collection
- 5 Cataloging Sri Lankan Tamil Publications in the Colonial Era
- 6 Folks Songs of Eastern Sri Lanka
Noolaham Digital Library Collection Development 2025
| Project Number | NF/PG/2025/0001 | Grant Agency / Donors | Noolaham Foundation | Project Owner | Noolaham Foundation | |
| Project Mentor | Pathmanaba Iyer Rathina Iyer | Project Locations | Sri Lanka | Project Period | 2025 | |
| Stakeholders | Staff and Volunteers of Noolaham Foundation | |||||
This is an annual project undertaken by Noolaham Foundation. Under this project, documents lent and gifted to Noolaham by writers and collectors of documents, documents gathered via the various projects conducted by Noolaham, documents that were left out during previous projects conducted by Noolaham and documents that need to be added to the existing collections and multimedia documents are documented in 2025.
Documenting Case Briefs in relation to crimes prosecuted by the domestic courts in Sri Lanka of relevance to the debate on accountability and reconciliation
| Project Number | NF/PG/2025/0002 | Grant Agency / Donors | Swiss Embassy | Project Owner | Kumaravadivel Guruparan | |
| Project Mentor | Kumaravadivel Guruparan | Project Locations | Sri Lanka | Project Period | 2025 | |
| Stakeholders | Staff and Volunteers of Noolaham Foundation | |||||
This project will help archive domestic court attempts at prosecuting war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is intended to provide research support on the question of viable avenues of accountability through domestic courts or the lack of thereof which can then feed into the debate over finding suitable, feasible and viable routes to accountability in post-war Sri Lanka.
Constitutional Reform Proposals made by Tamil political parties from 1921-present: Documenting the Tamil side of the story in Sri Lanka's fractured process for a Constitutional Settlement
| Project Number | NF/PG/2025/0003 | Grant Agency / Donors | Swiss Embassy | Project Owner | Kumaravadivel Guruparan | |
| Project Mentor | Kumaravadivel Guruparan | Project Locations | Sri Lanka | Project Period | 2025 | |
| Stakeholders | Staff and Volunteers of Noolaham Foundation | |||||
Constitutional Reform Proposals made by Tamil political parties from 1921-present: Archiving the Tamil side of the story in Sri Lanka’s fractured process for a Constitutional Settlement
Digitization of Thillainathan collection
| Project Number | NF/PG/2025/0003 | Grant Agency / Donors | Tamil women club | Project Owner | Noolaham Foundation | |
| Project Mentor | Mayooranathan Ratnavelpillai | Project Locations | Sri Lanka | Project Period | 2025 | |
| Stakeholders | Staff and Volunteers of Noolaham Foundation | |||||
Mr. Thillainathan Muthusamypillai served as a Construction Engineer at the Department of Highways (formerly PWD) in Sri Lanka from 1965 to 1977. He also held the positions of Chief Contract Engineer and Director of Technical Services. Currently, he serves as a Consulting Engineer at the Northern Branch of the National Contractors’ Association of Sri Lanka. Digitizing and preserving this archive would enable the creation of a dedicated and comprehensive collection of engineering and technical documentation.
Cataloging Sri Lankan Tamil Publications in the Colonial Era
| Project Number | NF/PG/2025/0005 | Grant Agency / Donors | Noolaham Foundation | Project Owner | Shaseevan Ganeshananthan | |
| Project Mentor | Dr.Kanagalingam Sugumar | Project Locations | United Kingdom | Project Period | 2025 | |
| Stakeholders | Staff and Volunteers of Noolaham Foundation | |||||
This project will help archive domestic court attempts at prosecuting war crimes and crimes against humanity. It is intended to provide research support on the question of viable avenues of accountability through domestic courts or the lack of thereof which can then feed into the debate over finding suitable, feasible and viable routes to accountability in post-war Sri Lanka.
Folks Songs of Eastern Sri Lanka
| Project Number | NF/PG/2025/0006 | Grant Agency / Donors | University of Toronto | Project Owner | Thamilini Jothilingam | |
| Project Mentor | Thamilini Jothilingam | Project Locations | Sri Lanka | Project Period | 2025 | |
| Stakeholders | Staff and Volunteers of Noolaham Foundation | |||||
Orality plays a vital role in Sri Lankan Muslim communities, especially in preserving and transmitting religious knowledge, storytelling, and poetry. These oral traditions blend local languages with Islamic teachings, enriching the community’s cultural identity and showcasing its adaptability. In Eastern Sri Lanka—covering Trincomalee, Batticaloa, and Ampara—diverse landscapes complement a rich cultural heritage. The region has long been home to vibrant traditions, including unique rural folk songs and the enduring literary practices of Eastern Tamils.
- Ongoing
