Tigers were more human than we think
A patriot and a terrorist are not much different. Both have motives. Both have ideologies. Both fight an oppressor, sometimes through violent means. And both are willing to lay down their lives for the cause they fight for. However, what differentiates a patriot and a terrorist is the heart. More precisely, the presence of one. That is why calling Velupillai Prabhakaran a terrorist is absurd. Chapter 1: History of Tamils in Lanka Mahavamsa, one of the oldest historical chronicles of Srilanka and Buddhism in Srilanka, mentions that when Prince Vijaya(the first Sinhalese king) of Bengal arrived in Lanka in 543 B.C., he had to fight the natives Nagas and Yakkas to establish his reign over the Island. Mahavamsa repeatedly refers the Nagas and the Yakkas as demons and dwellers of the underworld. Historians have used this as an evidence to propagate their theories that Nagas and Yakkas were mythological creatures and were not human beings. However, there are others who argue that they are