Abstract/Sommario: Sri Lanka slips back to a phase of military conflict as the LTTE steps up its attacks and the Army readily retaliates. Deepening crisis / S. V. Sambandan, B. Muralidhar Reddy ( The LTTE's -Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam- boycott of the Geneva talks marks its graduation to 'guerrilla politics' and the Government's new style of engagement points to its growing intolerance to terrorism; Faltering peace process; The Sri Lankan Government blames the LTTE for the people wanting to take ref ...; [Leggi tutto...]
Sri Lanka slips back to a phase of military conflict as the LTTE steps up its attacks and the Army readily retaliates. Deepening crisis / S. V. Sambandan, B. Muralidhar Reddy ( The LTTE's -Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam- boycott of the Geneva talks marks its graduation to 'guerrilla politics' and the Government's new style of engagement points to its growing intolerance to terrorism; Faltering peace process; The Sri Lankan Government blames the LTTE for the people wanting to take refuge in India); Inviting India / By Muralidhar Reddy ( The state and non-state parties to the Sri Lankan conflict want India to play a more active role; it is as if every interested party wants New Delhi to become a partner i its own pursuit. In other words, no one is ready to concede an unlettered role to India); Anatomy of a confrontation / By Jayadeva Uyangoda ( Behind the failure to reach a compromise is the incompatibility of the Sinhalese and Tamil nationalist projects; the current phase of the conflict has a low-to-middle intensity character, focussing on limited military operations, brief retaliatory attacks, targeted assassinations and the attacks on civilian communities); Engagement is the key: interview with Dr. Palitha, Adviser to the President of Sri Lanka; Fleeing to safety / By T. S. Subramanian (Escalating violence and the fear of war trigger another influx of refugees into Tamil Nadu); Camps of neglect / by T. S. Subramanian (The refugees have lived without electricity, drinking water supply; in many of the camps, which are mostly cyclone shelters, warehouses, school buildings and marriage halls, women have formed self-help groups. But banks do not allow them to open accounts because of their refugee status)