Saturday, February 1, 2014

Darkness at Noon on the Ethnic Front


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By Izeth Hussain-January 31, 2014

In my article Re-thinking the Ethnic Imbroglio in the Island of January 25, I pointed out that the prospects for a political solution of the ethnic problem "are nil, or almost nil". With the definitive military defeat of the LTTE in May 2009 we expected that, sooner rather than later, there would be a political solution and there would ensue noon-tide glory in the resplendent isle of Sri Lanka.