Why Tamil Nadu is right to take a tough stance against Sri Lanka

The Eelam may be a rhetorical excess that is unavoidable in Tamil Nadu’s competitive politics, but the sentiment behind the state’s voice is no different from that of the international community. Except for Eelam, everything else Tamil Nadu said has been more or less consistent with international opinion that we heard at the UNHRC and elsewhere. Eelam is just a metaphor and the Sri Lankan government could have done a lot by going not even half way to assuage the aspirations behind it.

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