Anil Athale's piece is most refreshing as it does not carry the overload of biases of those who hog the counter-terrorism industry. The present writer subscribe to Anil's balanced view which Anil and rediff readers can browse by visiting veluppillai sivasubramaniam in SouthAsiaContact@yahoogroups.com The introductory paragraph is given to encourage readers to visit the writer's blog. INDO-SRI LANKA RELATIONS REVISITED
This is a critique of an article %u201CIndo-Lanka Relations Presently Seem To Be Moving On An Even Keel%u201D: R Swaminathan %u2013 Excerpts from an Interview by Nilantha Ilangamuva, 6 December 2007, Sri Lanka Guardian.
Another Indian apologist for the Sri Lankan (SL) genocide speaks out. Though a much laboured effort justifying India%u2019s so-called %u2018hands-off%u2019 policy it covers the points that B Raman covered in %u2018Facing Realities%u2019 in Outlookindia.com June 2007. Raman's piece was analyzed in depth in %u201CA TAMIL DARFUR TRAGEDY IN THE MAKING IN SRI LANKA %u2013 INDIA%u2019S RESPONSE CRITICAL? %u2013 V S Subramaniam in velupillai.sulekha.com Jun 27 2007. A must read for an objective view on India%u2019s role in SL and the Rajiv assassination factor. The author%u2019s pedigree; belongs to a class/caste that dominated the intelligence/foreign policy establishments at both Central and State levels (the Dravida movements ended the latter; this explains their continuing antagonism towards DMK/SL Tamil politics); used the positions of inf
