EROS in Popular Culture
Artist Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam, better known as M.I.A., is the estranged daughter of Arul Pragasam, a founding member of EROS. In her music, M.I.A. makes frequent references to the Sri Lankan Civil War and her father's participation in EROS.
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