• Krishangi Singh

The ethno-linguistic conflict between the majority community of Sinhalese Buddhists and the minority group of Tamil Hindus has caused devastating violence in the country for over three decades. The Sri Lanka government made policy-level changes to establish Sinhalese as the official language of the country and systematically disfavor Tamil-speaking citizens in the education system and government administrative jobs. This paper seeks to examine the impact of Sri Lanka’s civil war on the lives of Tamil citizens by analyzing Shyam Selvadurai’s ‘Funny Boy’ which narrates the experiences of a young Tamil boy, ‘Arjun’, and his family as they find themselves increasingly marginalized in their homeland. The paper examines how public violence from the conflict begins to permeate the personal lives of the characters and make them a part of ‘collective memory’ of violence inflicted on the Tamil community.

Conflict Studies, Homosexuality, Identity politics, Ethnic violence, Queer studies

"Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict in Shyam Selvadurai’s ‘Funny Boy’", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 12, page no.f623-f627, December-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2312575.pdf

"Sinhalese-Tamil Conflict in Shyam Selvadurai’s ‘Funny Boy’", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 12, page no. ppf623-f627, December-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2312575.pdf