Chapter 3: Indian Riddle and the SAARC Ripple … Nothing sums up the Indian context to the UN Report (“Advisory Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka Allegations”) on Sri Lankan war than the two widely-held beliefs that lie at the opposite ends of the spectrum viz., India helped the rise of LTTE and India wanted the LTTE to be destroyed. Maybe that explains...

Chapter 2: Post UN Report on War, it is War on the Report in Sri Lanka … The Sri Lankan reaction to the UN Report (“ Advisory Panel of Experts on Accountability in Sri Lanka Allegations”) on alleged war crimes committed by the two sides in Sri Lanka has been as emotionally violent as the war itself was physically. Even before it was formally published, a leaked...

Chapter 1: Delayed Account of a Reluctant Outrage __________________________________________________________ A 3-member Panel of Experts was appointed by the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon to advise him about human rights violations during the last phase of the civil war in Sri Lanka. The UN released the report of the panel on April 26, 2011 in New York. __________________________________________________________ Few...