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In the present context, both the State and the LTTE have much to lose if the present peace process breaks down. Both have to recognise that indifference to historical antecedents, the international context and the aspirations of all communities in Sri Lanka, could irrevocably plunge Sri Lanka into a vortex of bitterness, mistrust, mutual acrimony and violence from which there could very well be no return.
Sanjana Hattotuwa
Research Associate
Conflict and Peace Analysis Unit
Centre for Policy Alternatives.
The views in this article do not necessarily reflect those of the Centre for Policy Alternatives.
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Sanjana Hattotuwa is a Rotary World Peace Scholar presently pursuing a Masters in International Studies from the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. The views expressed here are his own. He can be contacted at hatt@wow.lk.
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Permission to meet you online Esther Cheong | Nov 22nd, 2007
Dear Sir
We are studying about Sri Lanka in our school in Singapore. Can we talk to you online on Friday, 0930 on TAKINGITGLOBAL?
Permission to meet you online Esther Cheong | Nov 22nd, 2007
Dear Sir
We are studying about Sri Lanka in our school in Singapore. Can we talk to you online on Friday, 0930 on TAKINGITGLOBAL?
There is much more to this issue... Kermi Liya | Nov 7th, 2008
Hello Sanjana, I really enjoyed reading your article. It was full of information and very deep academic understanding.
However I beg to differ on the case of "racism" on the Aryan race concept. In Sri Lanka, it is not the Buddhists and the Tamils who are causing tension and destroying the peace-it is the Guerrillas and their movement to destroy the country.
I have seen both Tamil and Sinhalese people living in bad conditions, and from my perspective I disagree that it is the "racial divide" between them that is the root of the problem. Many Tamil speak Sinhalese, and several Sinhalese people speak Tamil. Also, the two "races" or the Sri Lankans share their land and respect each others' religions, and cultures, doing their utmost to avoid (more) aggravation and hatred, as caused by the Guerillas.
It is those vile Guerillas, whose organization ACTUALLY consists of corrupted people who are either "Sinhalese and Tamil" (which does NOT matter since they are inhuman anyways) that cause the violence. They abduct children from families, force them to fight and kill, terrorize communities, break apart the already halting economy-it is these Guerillas, who are so devoted to rule Sri Lanka that are destroying the homes of both Sinhalese and Tamil people, regardless of their "race".
What the British did when they came to Sri Lanka-it is such a shame that no one knows the destruction they have caused in the societies of past colonized countries. It is the Guerrilla's fault that they are complete psychologically unstable serial killers, but what the British did is unmistakably and sinfully, deeply harmful.
I only hope that the people will stop going against each other and trust their unity and ambivalence towards eliminating the corrupt government and horrid guerrillas.
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