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How refreshing it is to hear this distinction being made on the big stage. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan speaks about her Eelam Tamil identity and how she does not identify as Sri Lankan, as part of her new Netflix film out tomorrow. Maitreyi Ramakrishnan via Brown Girl Magazine

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Tuan Fawaz Packeeran4 days ago

@netflix @ramakrishnannn @BrownGirlMag Why is the food sold in the restaurants in UK by Tamils marketed as Sri Lankan dishes, not eelam dishes buddy?

PK5 days ago

@netflix @ramakrishnannn @BrownGirlMag This woman says she wants south asians to push forward in America, but here she is spreading infighting.

anadride carbonica5 days ago

@netflix @ramakrishnannn @BrownGirlMag She is not a srilankan at all Czitenship = candian Etnically= Tamil Parents Czitenships are srilankan becausd they were born there but etnically their ancestors come from Tamil nadu.

MarcMartín4 days ago

@netflix @ramakrishnannn @BrownGirlMag Lol motherfucker

Kadalking4 days ago

@netflix @ramakrishnannn @BrownGirlMag Finally! Please distance yourself, it’s the best thing for Srilankan Tamils born, bred and still living in Sri Lanka 🙌🏾.

TheTempleDog4 days ago

@netflix @ramakrishnannn @BrownGirlMag

Lord of the Rings4 days ago

@netflix @ramakrishnannn @BrownGirlMag Oh man! When you can’t ask from India they tried. Even that through a lower caste prick.

TheTempleDog4 days ago

@netflix @ramakrishnannn @BrownGirlMag She is denying the undeniable. she will forever be a Brown Skinned Indian in the et=yes of the whites and will never be part of the 'elite'. Stupid coconut.

kumi ᴛᴏʜᴏꜱʜɪɴᴋɪ ɪɴ ɴɪꜱꜱᴀɴ🌾🌴🍂4 days ago

@netflix @ramakrishnannn @BrownGirlMag all would have been really great if you wanted tgat "elam" in tamil nadu?? why bother to tear apart this small island and bomb ppl in other parts? while also making ppl living in those areas suffer. live as a diaspora forever and identify your nationality of that country no need

Sanzïo 🇮🇳🌹5 days ago

@netflix @ramakrishnannn @BrownGirlMag Shes so beautfiul man faaaaark

TimePas4 days ago

@netflix @ramakrishnannn @BrownGirlMag What a concept, aah... 😂

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