If the stalemated war produced a truce, the stalemated peace ever since the Sri Lankan Government and the Liberation Tigers Tamil Elam signed a cease-fire agreement (CFA) in February 2002 has contributed to the revival of violence in the island-nation. The deteriorating ground situation has been accompanied by repeated calls from the Sri Lankan parties for greater Indian involvement in the peace-making efforts.
To evaluate the developments, the Chennai Chapter of the Observer Research Foundation (ORF-C), which is specialising in ‘Sri Lanka Studies, among other issues, organised a seminar on September 2, 2006 in which participants and discussants focussed on the military
situation on the ground, the promises from the past that remained only on paper, the lessons to be learnt from the past involvement of India, and also the ‘Tamil Nadu factor’,
which has been at play in New Delhi’s policy towards Sri Lanka all along.
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