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Meera Srinivasan's op-ed on Jude Ratnam's Demons in Paradise, a Sri Lankan documentary that examines the Tamil community's internal struggles during the civil war that recently screened at the Cannes Film Festival."Though sceptical about whether many would be willing to screen or distribute the film, he is steeling himself to be labelled a “traitor” by many Tamils, as the LTTE and its supporters branded its critics within the Tamil society. 'Not just in Sri Lanka, I want to ask film viewers in India, and particularly in Tamil Nadu, who shed tears for Eelam Tamils, if they have the courage to watch this film made by a Sri Lankan Tamil who lived here all through the years of war.'"via: http://www.thehindu.com/…/to-battle-the…/article19049965.ece