Sinhala chauvinism lies just below Sri Lanka’s surface

A growing disconnect between the table and the ground.

Provocations and a demonising campaign. Some peace process.

Sri Lanka's delegation is coming with a deal-breaking brief

Like a re-run of an old movie we have watched many times before, we are now about to sit down and watch yet another round of peace talks between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam unfold in Geneva, Switzerland next week. This time though, how many of us will be waiting with bated breath for a significant breakthrough is debatable.

Principles and policies are ignored in pursuit of power, position and perks.

Normalcy will produce a solution – not the other way round.

The Tamils are getting a lesson in realpolitik.

India will have to overcome its anathema for the LTTE and accept the primacy of the Tigers in the Tamil polity.

What is forcing US and India into each other’s arms?

The tsunami built even as it destroyed.

There can be no peace until the paramilitaries are disarmed.

Norway’s help has never been more crucial.

Clause 1.8 is key to preserving the truce.