Sri Lanka: A Dangerous Interlude

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This book traces the events in Sri Lanka since the summer of June 2000, a chillingly critical juncture when the Sri Lankan government was about to lost its control over the Jaffna Peninsula. The last five years have seen unexpected twists in the fortunes of the fractured nation, the hallmarks being the ceasefire that had lasted an incredible three years, a surprise parliamentary election that literally turned the island politics upside down, a serious fissure in the monolith that is the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), with the revolt of ‘Colonel’ Karuna, and the one single event that could prove a turning point, the 12 August 2005 assassination of Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar. The future, more that ever before, remains uncertain; will the ceasefire stick despite the growing signs of disharmony all around? Or will the country return to the blood and fury and tragedy of a resumed Eelam War? The author revisited Sri Lanka where he had lived during 1990-96 as a foreign correspondent, witnessing the momentous political and military events that frequently placed the small island nation on the front pages of newspapers and in the headlines of TV channels throughout the world, event recounted in his celebrated book, The War in Sri Lanka: Unending Conflict? 2002.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Apratim Mukarji

Apratim Mukarji (b. 1941), who has been a prominent journalist with Amrita Bazar Patrika, Calcutta, and The Hindustan Times, New Delhi, for over 32 years is a keen observer of international relations and diplomacy. For over a decade, he has written extensively on Sri Lanka, covering its debilitating civil war, and India’s relations with major world and regional powers. His highly informative publication, The War in Sri Lanka: Unending Conflict?, published in July 2000 is considered as authoritative commentary on one of the longest running ethnic conflicts in the world. During his visit to Yugoslavia as an international observer for the presidential and parliamentary elections, he realized that there were aspects of the developments which were not being adequately communicated to the international community. This volume is an attempt to meet that particular requirement.

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Title
Sri Lanka: A Dangerous Interlude
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
9781845575304
Length
xli+294p., 294p., Appendix; Glossary; Index; 22cm.
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