THE SRILANKAN CRISIS

THE SRI LANKAN CRISIS
THEME
The Kumaratunga Government was elected with mandate to end the cruel and destructive war which has been on going for over one decade and establish a viable peace in the country. Since then a number of efforts ranging from political dialogue and social/economic reforms to military conquest of Jaffna peninsula have been launched. However the peace does not seem to be in sight yet.
Discuss domestic environment of Sri Lanka high lighting the reasons for failure of efforts to bring peace and achieve national integration.

ABSTRACT
The Sri Lanka has been in a state of internal turmoil for last four decades. The intensity of conflict has been varying depending upon the prevailing political environment in the country. Small is land has seen the worst form of guerrilla war fare which developed from failure of political process. Ethnic divide in country has not been a phenomenon of independence but a long standing dispute of racial accedency. La...