In May 2009, the surrender of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), and death of LTTE leader, Vellupillai Prabhakaran, brought 25 years of civil war in Sri Lanka to an end. With a crushing military victory by a Sinhalese-controlled governtnent and a post-war climate of euphoria to follow, the Tamil question still remains unresolved in the country. The armed conflict has left many indelible traces : throughout the island, hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced ; the civil population has been severely traumatised and many former codes and values of the Tamil-speaking societies have been destabilised and overturned. Morever, the prolonged conflict has forced hundreds of thousands of Tamils to take refuge abroad. Within the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, some have politically mobilised around the rights of Tamils in Sri Lanka and through various modes of practice have been able to draw international attention to the Sri Lankan question. . The authors provide key insights to help understand not only the consequences of the protracted intercommunity Sri Lankan conflict, but also the diverse attitudes of Sri Lankan Tamil communities abroad. .