A bridge across the Palk Straits

Sri Lanka should be our closest neighbour by all yardsticks including cultural and emotional. Both the majority, the Sinhala Buddhists, and the Tamil Hindus have umbilical ties with India. That being the case, why does the foreign policy establishment in New Delhi, including the highest political levels, experience extreme discomfort every time the Sri Lankan 'issue' figures in a multilateral setting, particularly the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva?

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