But I hate him with all my heart for the crimes he committed on ordinary people, ordinary boys and girls. This expertise in turn was fed by local scholars estranged from ground realities affiliated to these foreign institutions. The conscription of Tamil children into LTTE ranks was tolerated in the name of peace rather than being seen as a warlike action. A sizeable local elite component was carried along and its effect on the Western-backed peace initiative was a reversal. He felt there is so much local scope for creativity, to earn a decent living and pay the employees well.


Source:   The Nation
May 25, 2021 00:11 UTC