Sri Lankan Emergency and Tamil Grief
The dreaded has happened. The peace did last three years. But was it enough time to rebuild a land and generation of people devastated by civil war. Not likely.
After an unwanted and gruesome killing, it is emergency time and people who have been waiting for an incident just like this to happen, are out there questioning the virtue of those three peaceful years.
Sri Lanka, our neighbor with who we share some ethnicity is yet again facing instability. It is something that simple folks like us cannot comprehend how it would be to be shown a glimmer of hope, of not anything grand or excessiveness, mind you, but hope of that basic virtue, hope of PEACE, and to see it just about in the verge of diminishing for three years, and hoping against hope to wanting it to stay lit, and then suddenly to be faced at the possibility of a long darkness.
What does resumption of civil war in Sri Lanka means to India? Well the first casualty just *might* be the long awaited Sethu Samudram project. Still not sure if this going to be boon or bane. Either way, the project that is already a cause for a lot of friction, might suffer yet another long delay. Then there is, as always, the threat of LTTE insurgents increasing presence in Tamil Nadu.
A *larger* long term impact, another bout of civil war and escalation, might just make Indo – Sri Lankan relationship uncomfortable. Along with India's limited options with the LTTE and given the strategic importance of Sri Lanka, it will open up the possibility of US to setup their long sought after naval presence in Sri Lanka, although this has been denied in the past.
Those who have heard the Sri Lankan Tamils speak Tamil, the way only they do, even for a short time, will readily agree that it is the one of the sweetest and innocent form of the spoken language. Just pray that sweetness and innocence return to their lives.
Is it even worthwhile for those who dream for peace to do so? Are the means to achieve the ends even makes it worthwhile?
After an unwanted and gruesome killing, it is emergency time and people who have been waiting for an incident just like this to happen, are out there questioning the virtue of those three peaceful years.
Sri Lanka, our neighbor with who we share some ethnicity is yet again facing instability. It is something that simple folks like us cannot comprehend how it would be to be shown a glimmer of hope, of not anything grand or excessiveness, mind you, but hope of that basic virtue, hope of PEACE, and to see it just about in the verge of diminishing for three years, and hoping against hope to wanting it to stay lit, and then suddenly to be faced at the possibility of a long darkness.
What does resumption of civil war in Sri Lanka means to India? Well the first casualty just *might* be the long awaited Sethu Samudram project. Still not sure if this going to be boon or bane. Either way, the project that is already a cause for a lot of friction, might suffer yet another long delay. Then there is, as always, the threat of LTTE insurgents increasing presence in Tamil Nadu.
A *larger* long term impact, another bout of civil war and escalation, might just make Indo – Sri Lankan relationship uncomfortable. Along with India's limited options with the LTTE and given the strategic importance of Sri Lanka, it will open up the possibility of US to setup their long sought after naval presence in Sri Lanka, although this has been denied in the past.
Those who have heard the Sri Lankan Tamils speak Tamil, the way only they do, even for a short time, will readily agree that it is the one of the sweetest and innocent form of the spoken language. Just pray that sweetness and innocence return to their lives.
Is it even worthwhile for those who dream for peace to do so? Are the means to achieve the ends even makes it worthwhile?
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