Genocide of Tamils and the Nature of Transitional Justice in Sri Lanka Professor Ramu Manivannan, is Head of Department of Politics and Public Administration of the University of Madras, and a long time academic researcher and author in the Human Rights arena. His voluminous work on the international crimes committed by the Sri lanka State in and around Mullivaaikaal is titled ‘Sri Lanka: Hiding the Elephant’ Documenting War Crimes, Crimes against humanity and Genocide’ Prof Manivannan comes to us today from Taiwan where he has been the recipient of 2018 “Taiwan Fellowship ” from south India.