Tamil Union, but only in name
The Tamil Union Cricket Club in Colombo, which Muttiah Muralitharan plays for, was once formed “by the Tamils for the Tamils”, but ironically, the club is now run largely by the Sinhalese
Kanishkaa Balachandran
25-Feb-2013
The Tamil Union Cricket Club in Colombo, which Muttiah Muralitharan plays for, was once formed “by the Tamils for the Tamils”, but ironically, the club is now run largely by the Sinhalese. GS Vivek of the Indian Express meets the club's president, Chandra Schaffter, who talks about how the anti-Tamil riots in the city in 1983 changed things.
“There were riots in 1983, when a mob burnt the dressing rooms, a section of the stands, and some of the club’s old documents. Since then, they’ve felt threatened. A Tamil player prefers a banner under which he can conveniently camouflage his identity. It’s weird, but it’s a fact of life here.”
Kanishkaa Balachandran is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo