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Contemporary South Asia
The principal players in the ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka are the indegenous Sinhala community and Tamils who had migrated from India to Sri Lanka and settled there. The Sinhala nationalists are in majority and they do not want to give any concessions to Tamils who are in minority. This has led to militant Tamil nationalism. The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been fighting an armed struggle with the army of Sri Lanka since 1983. Their main demand is Tamil Eelam or a separate country for the Tamils of Sri Lanka.
The prospects of the resolution of this conflict are remote because the government of Sri Lanka is following a policy of majoritarianism. The minority Tamil community is being ignored in different spheres. Even though the LTTE Chief had been killed and the LTTE defeated, the government should now adopt a policy of accomodation towards the minority community. So unless this policy is followed, the ethnic conflicts would continue or it might remain un resolved.
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(b) A landlocked country with multi-party competition:
(c) The first country to liberalise its economy in the South Asian region :
(d) In the conflict between the military and pro-democracy groups, the military has prevailed over democracy:
(e) Centrally located and shares borders with most of the South Asian countries:
(f) Earlier the island had the Sultan as the head of state. Now, it’s a republic:
(g) Small savings and credit cooperatives in the rural areas have helped in reducing poverty:
(h) A landlocked country with a monarchy:
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