{"id":558,"date":"2009-04-25T23:08:39","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T23:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/newblog\/?p=558"},"modified":"2009-04-25T23:08:39","modified_gmt":"2009-04-25T23:08:39","slug":"tamil-civilians-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shekharkapur.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/tamil-civilians-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever the outcome of the battle in Sri Lanka, the world cannot stand by and see over 500,000 innocent men women and children be the victims in this war. We in India have a special duty to go in and add to the rescue efforts of the innocent on a much larger scale than we have. Not just as a humanitarian gesture, but as a neighbour we are most suited for the rescue mission.  And if we do not, the Tamils of Sri Lanka will never forgive us, nor will our Tamil people forget this.<br \/>\nI am not taking sides in the War. I just do not know enough. Except that we all know that India has meddled in Sri Lankan affairs in the past, has been responsible for the formation of the Tamil Tigers, and then tried to rein them in, leading to Rajiv Gandhi&#8217;s assassination.<br \/>\nWhatever the past, we cannot just be bystanders. Even the political fallout is extremely dangerous for us. If the battle for a separate Tamil State fails in Sri Lanka, those ambitions could easily be transferred to Tamil Nadu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever the outcome of the battle in Sri Lanka, the world cannot stand by and see over 500,000 innocent men women and children be the victims in this war. 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