ISAS Briefs

Spontaneous street parties broke out, fireworks crackled in the air and strangers offered flowers to Sri Lankan soldiers to celebrate the news in Colombo - Asia's Idi Amin was no more! One of the Indian subcontinent's longest wars was at an end. The day before, street parties in New Delhi celebrated the victory of the Congress Party in the elections that marked the maturing of Indian democracy and the fact that the Tamil Nadu electorate had a sophisticated view of the situation in Sri Lanka. It is, hence, to be hoped that India, the regional superpower, will play an effective role to ensure peace with justice for the minorities in Sri Lanka.