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This book tells the story of why the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) lost the war that it had always dreamt of winning in Sri Lanka. It is a collection of news stories and commentaries penned by the author from 2003 to 2009 on the ethnic conflict in the country. Each piece is provided with an introduction that places it in the context in which it was written. The unfolding of the drama is brought about through conversations with Sri Lankan leaders, Tamil activists, Indian officials, Norwegian and other diplomats, human rights activists, former LTTE guerrillas and civilians.
The Tiger Vanquished: LTTE's Story provides a detailed account of the critical years when Sri Lanka's internationally backed peace process slowly led to a vicious war that the LTTE decisively lost. A product of the author's extensive research on the issue for more than two decades, the book reveals the dangerous lives led by LTTE guerrillas and previously unpublished information about India's silent involvement in the Norwegian-sponsored peace process.
This book will interest a wide readership including journalists, South Asia study specialists, Sri Lanka study specialists, politicians and any general reader who is interested to know about Sri Lanka.
India Clawing Back to Sri Lanka's Northeast
India Clawing Back to Sri Lanka's Northeast
(Despite its bitter experience, India never lost its focus vis-à-vis Sri Lanka. After a hands-off approach for many years following Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, New Delhi resumed its active interest in the affairs of the country. While adamantly refusing to support any break up of Sri Lanka, India made it clear that it will remain an interested party in the affairs of the Tamil minority.)
INDIA is slowly, patiently and with a clear agenda finding its way back into Sri Lanka's northeast, after having almost washed its hands off the Tamil scene following Rajiv Gandhi's assassination in 1991. In just a year after Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran declared in Trincomalee that the “northeast is ...