375,000 Indian Tamils had been repatriated to India under the Sirimavo Shastri Pact. About 1.1 million remain in Sri Lanka, many having fled to the North and intermarrying with the indigenous Tamils. So the Jaffna folks do not necessarily “hate” them as alleged by Ramadesikan in the comments section.

…”It was a little inconvenience, but it is our duty to cooperate, especially under the present security situation,” said Sonali Silva, an ethnic Sinhalese and also a resident of Wellawatte.[nyt]

It’s remarkably easy to cooperate when you’re not the ethnic group targetted for arrest.

The enemy [LTTE] in question has repeatedly used cease fire to regroup and rearm, infact created the present day style of terrorism.

An analysis of both sides would be appropriate in this case, as the SL Gov has done the same (try page 138) (replace terrorism with your word of choice, depending on what your perspective of the conflict is and your perspective on mass arrests of ethnic minorities is).

Can anybody tell me what happened to half a million plantation tamils who were to repatriated to India as per Shastri Bhandarnaike Pact. These tamils have been disowned by the Lankan Govt. and hated like a pest by Jaff Tamisl [sic].

From TamilNet so caveat lector, but this is the last I’ve heard

Govt. of Lanka faces a ruthless enemy whose victims include any number of presidents , prime ministers and leaders. The enemy in question has repeatedly used cease fire to regroup and rearm, infact created the present day style of terrorism. In this context the door to door search by the Lankan army seems to be a token measure rather than serious effort to stop the upcoming tsunami of violence.

Desikan

PS: Can anybody tell me what happened to half a million plantation tamils who were to repatriated to India as per Shastri Bhandarnaike Pact. These tamils have been disowned by the Lankan Govt. and hated like a pest by Jaff Tamisl.