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Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Development in Sri Lanka and the structural Genocide of the Eelam Tamils
09 APRIL 2014 BY ATHITHAN JAYAPALAN 
Development is a
rather ambiguous term lacking clear definition; nevertheless it holds
positive connotations to rehabilitation, progress, prosperity and
wealth. Subsequently it is propagated with such values in the discourses
of international neo-liberalism and national modernization. What is not
illuminated in such state -corporate centered narrations is that the
nature of the very development supposedly in benefit of locals is often
directed by extra-local power holders. In order to understand the
implications of extra-local decision making it is necessary to remember
that development is not implemented in a vacuum but within the context
of larger socio-political and historical processes. For these very
reasons development has therefore neither been apolitical nor neutral
and demands critical assessment.
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Athithan Jayapalan is
a student in social anthropology and studied in Oslo and Pondicherry
universities. Born in Jaffna, he currently lives in Oslo, Norway.
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