Indian Policy and Sri Lanka civil war - A time for Re-Evaluation.

6-May-2011
Guest Column: By Sivanendran.
( Here is an assessment from a Sri Lankan Tamil. The fate of the Sri Lankan Tamils was sealed when the LTTE took on the Indian Peace Keeping Force who had come to implement the Accord. The author mentions that Premadasa’s order for withdrawal of Indian forces in December 1989 sealed the fate of the peace process. Yes- but his order further sealed the cause of the Tamils too.- Director)

The familiar cartoon of a man perched in a tree, busily cutting off the branch on which he is sitting, provokes varied reactions. Some find it highly amusing; others, recognising perhaps a predicament in which they have occasionally found themselves, can manage only a wry smile. Indian foreign policy mandarins, who must be questioning their own competence in managing the Sri Lankan relationship, must be included in the latter category. The UN expert panel’s report on Sri Lanka’s war crimes hits many buttons at the core of these issues and it has serious implications for the many visits made across the Palk Straits by the Indian foreign policy establishment during this war.      Full Story>>>
---------------------------------------------------------

The Age - theage.com.au

Tamil anger at new envoy 
Rebecca Thistleton

May 9, 2011 Australia has approved the controversial appointment of a former naval commander as Sri Lanka's high commissioner, prompting Australia's Tamil community to accuse the government of protecting a war criminal.
Retired Admiral Thisara Samarasinghe was appointed as high commissioner to Australia on Friday.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/national/tamil-anger-at-new-envoy-20110508-1eecp.html#ixzz1LnDq8wJT