Reconciliation is not happening in Sri Lanka, and the problem isn't a question of time'

by admin
Mar 12, 2012

Writing in the online site, OpenDemocracy, Sivakami Rajamanoharan from the Tamil Youth Organisation UK argues that the failure of reconciliation in Sri Lanka is as a result of "Sri Lanka’s refusal to accept the Tamil identity as a rightful and equal part of the island" and that the Tamil nation's desire for self-determination is "denounced as an inherent threat to the majority and vilified as 'terrorist ideology'."

Instead, in Sri Lanka today, "in the name of reconciliation, an escalation of ethnic polarisation is unfolding, as the state strives to impose a Sinhala Buddhist hegemony over the Tamil areas."

See here for article in full.

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