evidence: Sri Lanka is home to three main ethnic groups: the Sinhalese, largely Buddhist and concentrated in the south of the island; the Tamils, concentrated in the north-east; and the Muslims, who speak Tamil and have a significant presence in the north-east. A significant number of Tamils of Indian origin live in several parts of the island but are concentrated in the central hill country. [...] 5 Ravi Vaitheespara, "Towards Understanding Militant Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka," in Pathways of Dissent: Tamil Nationalism in Sri Lanka, ed. Cheran Rudramoorthy (Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Centre for Ethnic Studies, 2009). [...] 7 Nimmi Gowrinathan and Kate Cronin-Furman, The Forever Victims? Tamil Women in Post-War Sri Lanka (New York: Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership, 2015).