000			01391nam a22001697a 4500
020			_a9788170492108
082			_a327.5405493 _bAVT/I
100			_aAvtar Singh Bhasin
245			_aIndia in Sri Lanka : Between lion and the tigers
260			_aNew Delhi _bManas _c2004
300			_a353p.
520			_aSri Lanka has been in turmoil for most part of her existence as an independent nation. Tamils, whether of Indian origin or ethnic, had been at the centre of this turmoil. While the question of citizenship for the Tamils of Indian origin was resolved, the problem of ethnic Tamils continues to be intractable. India has between the contradictory pulls of sovereignty of Sri Lanka and demand for Eelam of the Tamils. India's involvement in brokering an honourable solution had an adverse impact on the ethnic problem in that it raised Tamil expectations and proportionately their intransigence. In a momentous development of events India's induction of her armed forces led to her entering into an armed conflict with the very people, whom she sought to protect. In the end, Indian intervention proved self-defeating and she came out of the Island battered and frustrated. It also brought home to India succinctly the limitations of interventionist policies in today's world.
650			_aDiplomatic relations
650			_aEthnic relations
650			_aSri Lanka
942			_cBK
999			_c64764 _d64764