1982 under Sri Lanka's Prevention of Terrorism Act. She also maintained her links with LTTE by joining its London Committee to educate human rights groups and other international organisations about the atrocities occurring in Sri Lanka. While continuing to write and publish scientific papers, she also became implicated in grassroots organisations fighting for women's rights and against the discrimination of Britain's black people and became involved in the international campaigns of other liberation groups. Human rights activist Over time, constant exposure to politically motivated killings by armed groups on all sides caused Rajani to rethink her position on armed struggle. A determined idealist, she criticised the narrow nationalism of the LTTE and the atrocities committed by the LTTE, the Indian Peace Keeping Force and the Sri Lankan government forces upon the innocent Tamil civilian population in Jaffna. She began to collect evidence of human rights violations of the Indian Peace Keeping Force and the LTTE. At the University of Jaffna, Rajani and some of her teacher colleagues founded the Jaffna branch of the University Teachers for Human Rights. Having witnessed the evidence of human rights violations by the IPKF and the LTTE, Rajani co-authored a book, The Broken Palmyra. The book documents the violence in Jaffna in the 1980s. Assassination A few weeks after the publication of her book The Broken Palmyra, on 21 September 1989, she was shot dead at Thirunelvely, Jaffna in front of her house by a gunman while cycling back from work. University Teachers for Human Rights, Jaffna and Rajani's sister accuse the LTTE of her murder to retaliate against her criticism of its violent tactics. However, the Tamil weekly Thinamurasu published an article in 1998 blaming the pro-Indian EPRLF for the killing. It alleged that a former EPRLF member who had been directly involved in the killing confessed to having carried it out on the order of IPKF Colonel Sasikumar. Legacy and memorials Documentary film In a documentary released worldwide in 2005, No More Tears Sister, produced by the National Film Board (NFB) of Canada, Rajani's life and her legacy are brought to life. This film is available in free streaming on the site of the NFB. Book The Malayalam novel Sugandhi Enna Aandal Devanayaki, by the author T. D. Ramakrishnan, portrayed the life and times of Rajani. The author even paid tribute to Rajani by dedicating the novel to her and quoting No More