Schwartz,
waiter, writing on “The
Tamils of Sri Lanka”, (London
Minority Rights Group
Report No. 25, 1983) said that only
a few leaders men
tried to strike a balance between the Sinhalese and Tamils. Kumari Jayawardena, in her
article, “Aspects of class and ethnic consciousness in Sri Lanka - II”
Mainstreams (Vol. XXI, No. 50, Aug. 13, 1983)4 writes : the Sinhala Buddhists, who felt economically hammed-in,
politically oppressed and
culturally deprived, found the racist myths and legends and in their search for identity,
indulged in violence against ethnic religious minoritiesWickramsinghe, Ethnic Politics in Colonial Sri Lanka describes Sri Lanka’s current ethnic conflict in terms of historical movement and incisive examination of Sri Lanka’s modem political and Social history.
A book written by Wizesinha, Rajiva, Current Crisis in Sri Lanka, (New Delhi, Navrang, 1986)is also a useful addition to the existing literature. It is author’s firm view that the current crisis in Sri Lanka has a wider political dimension than most obvious manifestations would reveal. It is a study of changing language policies, Indo-Sri Lanka relations during the period under examination and subsequently became enemies of the LTTE. The rise of the BJP in India and the growing importance of caste politics mirror the ethnic polarization of the Sri Lanka policy.
As far as Tamil scholars are concerned they have articulated the grievances and given expression to their political oppression but the problem of Tamilians in Sri Lanka still remains unresolved and so far no ruling party could find a mutually acceptable solution while refusing to accede to a separate state for the Tamils.
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