Identity-based conflicts and the case for unity in diversity
Through constitutional systems that create unity
through diversity, and through the convergence of grievances about
territory and ordinary politics. I think that is one way in which
these conflicts could be resolved in the long run. There is not a
solution that is available in the short run. But in the long run
there is only one way to resolve such conflicts which is through a
constitutional system which creates a space and citizenship for more
than one nationality within the same borders.
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TNA-LTTE presents the 'civilian' terrorist
In the early days of Tiger terrorism, human
rights organisations accused the Sri Lankan State of treating every
Tamil as a terrorist. Now, things seem to have taken a different
turn. Today it is the Tamil National Alliance and the LTTE that want
to convince the world there is no difference between a Tamil
civilian and a terrorist in Tiger-dominated areas
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An Intellectual who understood the problems of peasantry
Dr. Kelegama, like most intellectuals of his
generation, believed in the role of the intellectual in the
transformation of a society from a state of economic
underdevelopment and a traditional culture into a modern society.
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