<p>Students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, (IIT-M), in a startling expression of solidarity, came out to the streets on Sunday evening to protest against the “genocide” of Tamils in Sri Lanka.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Nearly 200 students, mostly of BTech classes and including a good number of women students, formed a human chain for nearly two hours on the Kotturpuram main road near the campus, carrying placards and shouting slogans against the Sri Lankan government.<br /><br />Surprisingly, the students raised slogans in both Tamil and English, “Let Tamil Eelam bloom; Tamil Eelam alone is the solution to the suffering Sri Lankan Tamils.” They even demanded the international community to impose an “economic embargo” on Sri Lanka.<br /><br />Students of IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kharagpur and IIT-Kanpur were also protesting in the same fashion on Sunday evening at their respective centres, one of the protesting students of IIT-Madras said.<br /><br />The protest has come when the state government has informally advised about 440 arts and science colleges to resume classes from Monday.</p>
<p>Students of the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, (IIT-M), in a startling expression of solidarity, came out to the streets on Sunday evening to protest against the “genocide” of Tamils in Sri Lanka.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Nearly 200 students, mostly of BTech classes and including a good number of women students, formed a human chain for nearly two hours on the Kotturpuram main road near the campus, carrying placards and shouting slogans against the Sri Lankan government.<br /><br />Surprisingly, the students raised slogans in both Tamil and English, “Let Tamil Eelam bloom; Tamil Eelam alone is the solution to the suffering Sri Lankan Tamils.” They even demanded the international community to impose an “economic embargo” on Sri Lanka.<br /><br />Students of IIT-Bombay, IIT-Kharagpur and IIT-Kanpur were also protesting in the same fashion on Sunday evening at their respective centres, one of the protesting students of IIT-Madras said.<br /><br />The protest has come when the state government has informally advised about 440 arts and science colleges to resume classes from Monday.</p>
