Keith Noyahr, Devolve or disintegrate, Nation on Sunday, July 29, 2007.
It was hailed as India's biggest diplomatic coup when it was signed amid violent street protests. 'Though the agreement is a dead letter, though neither government wants to give any life to it, there are some fundamental principles advocated in it that still remain a source of inspiration,' said S. Sahadevan, a South Asia expert at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Two decades of India-Sri Lanka peace accord, Zee News, July 29, 2007.
Indian troops deployed in Sri Lanka's northeast under the terms of the accord ended up fighting the Tigers for well over two years, losing nearly 1,200 men, before they returned home in March 1990.
M.R. Narayan Swamy, 'Why no memorial for the IPKF in India?', M&C News, July 29, 2007.
"It was a golden opportunity missed by the Tamils in fulfilling their political aspirations due to the war waged by the LTTE against the Indians." says The Eelam People's Democratic Party leader and Minister of Social Services Douglas Devananda.
In an interview on July 12, 2007, the LTTE political wing leader, S.P. Tamilselvan, declared "our targets would be in the future major military and economic structures of the Government. They will be targets which help the Government sustain its military operations."
Ajit Kumar Singh, Vigilance the key as LTTE suffers serial defeats, Daily News, July 27, 2007.
Amidst war euphoria and celebrations, Colombo’s Anglican Bishop Rt Revd. Duleep de Chickera has strongly warned against the investment of the war agenda in the lives of our children.
Nikhil Mustaffa, Fighting the good fight, Daily Mirror, July 26, 2007.
Neelan: Why did LTTE kill him? Sunday Times, July 29, 2007.
Neelan was one of the very few Tamils who dared to provide an alternative to Eelam says Sydney Knight in Tamil Week.
International Aid and Human Rights Violations in Sri Lanka, Human Rights Features, SAHRDC, June 15, 2007.
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