Introduction Terrorism and extremism is the most pouted issue in our current age and no one in the world is safe from the enormity of this issue. While people in the western world enjoy a higher sense of independence, they quickly have found that since 9/11, their freedom has been bounded by governmental agencies. Leaving aside all controversial stories for the reasons of this cut on independence, it nonetheless is a serious breach of one’s rights. A similar and much more drastic sense of governmental control is seen in third-world countries. Sri Lanka, located in Asia, has some of its area torn by internal fighting between the government and the Tamil Tigers. Aptly, the music video selected for this assignment is from a controversial and politically motivated music artist called MIA. The song is called Sunshowers and is considered one of the best songs from MIA’s first album. The number of views of this song video on YouTube is more than 3.5 million to date while the song peaked on the Canadian charts at 32 number and the UK Singles chart at 93 number. The reason I chose this video is because of its success in the international arena while also having a very powerful political message. The lyrics of the songs mention organizations like ‘Colgate’ ‘Reebok’, ‘Palestinian Liberation Organization’, and contains a hidden reference to MIA’s political connections through her father’s organization. The song’s lyrics also contain wordings about MIA’s personal life and the death of her brother. MIA’s biography MIA was born in England when her parents had run away from Sri Lanka due to political turmoil. However, very soon her family went back to Sri Lanka where they lived in hiding due to her father’s political connections. Her later school life was completed in England where she and her family moved to as refugees. Seeing political upheaval closely left MIA interested in resolving the crisis her home country was involved in between the Tamil Tigers and the government. MIA’s music MIA’s music is very much politically motivated due to her experiences and her family’s history. Through various channels such as Twitter and MySpace alongside her music, MIA has made it abundantly clear that her experiences in the Sri Lankan civil war led to disastrous violations of human rights abuses through which the hatred of the victims about the government has led to such injustice. She has called the Sri-Lankan government’s action a planned attack on the Tamil people to wipe them off the face of the earth just like other governments have tried to do in other countries. Her concept is that the proclaimed terrorist Tamil Tiger group is correct in rebelling against the government. She has also publicly shown support to the rebels and has tried to provide aid for them. This concept in my opinion is also correct, however, the execution of the concept is flawed. From an aspect rebelling against tyranny seems to be the only option for the helpless victims. Just like the Palestinians are fighting for their land, Kashmiris are fighting for theirs, and Taliban and Iraqis are fighting for their land, Tamils are doing the same. Without equal fighting status, the only things the victims can do are to be desperate. Some conduct suicide attacks in desperation, while others throw rocks at the opponents since that