WHAT TO DO about a ‘rogue elephant’s’ traces

Western observers at the time were appalled on the so-called Indian Accord which brought the 13th Amendment. The Wall Street Journal called India “A rogue elephant trampling upon its neighbours”. The British Guardian said: “India's pact with Sri Lanka is the most infamous contract imposed on a small country - short of military occupation - since the Munich Agreement of 1938”. The London Evening Standard fumed “India ... is the colonial power in the region today”. The New York Times editorialized about “Mr. Gandhi’s.... big-stick diplomacy in Sri Lanka”. By all accounts, it was one of the most dastardly impositions against this country.

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SRI LANKAN DIASPORA POWERS TAMIL POLITICS

Last week, I sent a twitter message from Jaffna town which I was visiting after 25 years. “There are more sandbags and police pickets in south Delhi”, I observed, “than there are in Jaffna town.”

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