Never to dishonor a dead man ! ! ! . but it was PVN that brought about this economic confidence. I dont think the indian army would ever venture back to the jungles of jaffna.
The LTTE is a terrorist organisation. But the srilankan is equally terrorist. In all this hulabaloo, eelam continues to be oppressed.
It would be a strategic blunder to let the chinese and the pakistanis get foot 18 kms away from our prosperous southern shores filled with critical national research institutes.
Say what you may. I am an indian tamil and i do not like the congress very much. But what rajiv did back then was right because the sinhala govt wanted america( anathema to us then) to setup base in triconmalee.
Remember the chinese already have the west bengal government and our eastern flank, pakistan and our northern and southern flank.