Can India do to Sri Lanka what Russia did to Ukraine ?

[Ray]

Well there are Indians working in Sri Lankan farmlands for low wages because the locals won't work for such low wages. Those Indians come with tourist visas and stay in Sri Lanka for couple of months during the harvesting season.



Sri Lanka may use Indian farmhands due to labour shortage





Well Sri Lanka is cleaner than India. So we do not need it to be spoiled.

The fact that SL requires Indian farm hands indicates how plumb lazy the SL people are.

Historically also proved when the British required Indian teas hands to run the tea estates since SL people are plumb lazy and incompetent.

SL is cleaner than India?

Any second guess?

 

[nirranj]

The fact that SL requires Indian farm hands indicates how plumb lazy the SL people are.

Historically also proved when the British required Indian teas hands to run the tea estates since SL people are plumb lazy and incompetent.

SL is cleaner than India?

Any second guess?

Sir they found it to be harder to get seats in the unversities as the Tamil Students outperformed the Sinhalese and so they brought in measures to make it harder for the Tamil Students to enter govt services and universities...

 

[nirranj]

Russia lost Ukraine for gaining Cremia... Absolute nonsense... Russia Gained a Strategically important peninsula and now owns the Naval base there...

India too will gain two strategicallly important Natural harbours on the head of the Indian ocean...And with this India will virtually control the bay of bengal.

 

[Jagdish58]

Indian should first stop attacks on Fisher men in Indian ocean by Srilanka navy , before dreaming any thing such big

Our own people in country have no proper security how can we take over Srilanka

 

[mikhail]

I think of a word serendipity which is associated with Sri Lanka

Serendipity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Serendipity has brought Chinese and Lankans together.


Sri Lanka's top tea experiences: Sips of history - CNN.com

United we stand, safeguarding SL sovereignty and navigation freedom of Indian Ocean!

Do you seriously think that India would simply sit and watch any Chini aggression in the I.O.R.!!Mate we can literally bomb S.L. back to the stone age and nobody on the God's green earth can do anything in this matter.China will never risk a full fledged war against India for a small island.

 

[ersakthivel]

I believe India was Sri Lanka's friend. Not anymore. All of that changed because of the civil war. India has slowly being polarized towards the Tamilnadu demands whether they are right or wrong. So we too needed to find some powerful friend to counter that. And we did.

So I thinks all the bets are off right now. Current government of Sri Lanka is more incline towards the national interests rather than Indian interests.

That is the exactly the reason that the new government in India too should look for its own strategic interest , which lies with the tamil community in srilanka.

recent new papper headlines in Indian express also indicate that sinhalese chauvinist elements are going ful swing for further marginalization of tamils in north srilanka.

So a indian govt with spine and brain should act boldly now citing the russian principle and the despicable war crimes committed by the srilankan army in the grab of srilanka war.

i hope the new alliance BJP is forming with Vaiko of MDMK, and vijayakanth of MDMK.

hope some one like Modi will come to power and set the record straight.

the bottom line is sinhalese have no historical right to rule the tamils as much as india accepted partition and gave up its right to govern bangladesh and pakistan on the basis of religion.

So on the same principles the srilankan tamils have every right to ask for union with india like the crimea people did and got. but since indian govt was under the guidance of italian citizens., for the past ten years it followed policies that were not as per the strategic interests of india.

hope this will change later.

 

[ersakthivel]

Russia lost Ukraine for gaining Cremia... Absolute nonsense... Russia Gained a Strategically important peninsula and now owns the Naval base there...

India too will gain two strategicallly important Natural harbours on the head of the Indian ocean...And with this India will virtually control the bay of bengal.

With crimea firmly in russian fold Ukraine can no longer antagonize russia.

the same principles apply in srilanka also. With Eelam under indian rule, sinhalese majority souther srilanka can never antagonize India.

because the weak and distant chines navy is never going to save it from indian forces if india is provoked by sinhalese majority southern srilanka.

Indian power wil only grow with favorable equations between US-India and Russia-India. So there is nothing china can do about it.

by the way the sinhalese army's war crimes are fully exposed in the west. SO indian move will be compared with Indian intervention inbangladesh which gave birth to a fee nation out of pakistani's stiffling influence.

When china could not come to the rescue of pakistan in bangladesh it is never going to risk fighting india for srilanka.

As the saying goes in those days that chinese will fight india to the last pakistani soldiers. So srilankan dreams of chinese alliance to commit genocide against tamils in lanka is worthless.

but we need some leadership with spine and longterm indian strategic interests at the helm in delhi.

Sinhalese never will treat the lankan tamils as their brethern and they lose nothing by loosing them



but to do that we need a political leadership in inida with balls,

 

[ersakthivel]

The fact that SL requires Indian farm hands indicates how plumb lazy the SL people are.

Historically also proved when the British required Indian teas hands to run the tea estates since SL people are plumb lazy and incompetent.

SL is cleaner than India?

Any second guess?

They are lazy and tamils there are hard working and prospered more.
that is the reason for their animosity towards tamil. Thats why they want to root out tamil culture and are now making the sinhalese only government communication medium.

this was the reason the civil war started.

the chauvinists in sinhala lanka will never learn, and will go to the extent of befrending china to harm india for their genocidal urges.

 

[ersakthivel]

Sri Lanka will rise like Singapore :thumb:

Sri Lanka's Growing Links with China | The Diplomat

Srilanka has the right to raise to any level my friend, i don't dispute that.

but sinhalese have no right to exterminate tamils and their culture from homeland.

And if an indian govt which has indian strategic interests in mind comes to power in delhi, it too will act like how china is safeguarding tis strategic interest in srilanka .like chinese supporting sinhalese for their strategic interest india too should back lankan tamils fro its own strategic benefits.

 

[ersakthivel]

You do realize Ukraine was a massive loss for Russia, right?

Russia gained a small chunk of land, but created an implacable enemy that is willing to be used as a proxy right on its borders, where there was once a nominally neutral state.

India doing the same to SL would create a similar enemy that is willing to be used right on its borders. Also, Bangladesh and Nepal, far from being cowed, would start actively leaning away from India.

No.

On the other hand it will send a strong message through out the neighbour hood if smaller neighbours collude with china to harm indian interests india will react and wont sit tight.

AFAIK you guys were dead against the creation of bangladesh itself. Now your concern for bangladeshi citizens is surprising.

i remember the old tamil proverb,

Wolf crying over goat getting drenched in the rain.

 

[Jagdish58]

You have the right to raise to any level my friend, i don't dispute that.

but sinhalese have no right to exterminate tamils and their culture from homeland.

And if an indian govt which has indian strategic interests in mind comes to power in delhi, it too will act like how china is safeguarding tis strategic interest in srilanka .like chinese supporting sinhalese for their strategic interest india too should back lankan tamils fro its own strategic benefits.

Should we not first secure the price less lives of our fisher men first from they getting shot by Lankans, italians , Pakis??

India made a mistake in 70's when SL supported pakis in 1971 , Indra gandhi should have opened the flood gates on full blown invasion instead she nurtured insurgency

Insurgency can never win a war or land even if it can , then state is bound to become country like somalia or Afghanistan due to split faction group for take over

I doubt we will get a govt which will have Parallel Foreign & military policy , we still have the nehru mind set NON-ALIGNMENT MOMENT

Even NDA under vajpayee had many flaws , much is hyped about Mr. Narendra modi let us see what happens

But im sure India cannot do what Russia did to Ukraine

 

[ersakthivel]

It isn't what I meant bro. Well what I was objecting to was handing over of key projects to companies of a country 'C' without proper feasibility study and tendering in Sri Lanka, to be in good books of that country. ( It's the same situation in country 'P')

Anyways, with the situation you are in due to human rights issue, you hardly have a choice.

When we import italian waitress to head india, why do you expect srilankans to fear us?

However much the senile MMS govt led by sonia lead groveled before sinhalese chauvinist rajapakse you wont stop china from landing in lanka.

power respects power not imbecile senile formations like the UPA govt in delhi.

Every one knows that india led by a legion of weak leaders now is impotent to act for its interests and treating us like a doormat.

because the congres foreign policy on lanka from rajiv days is self shooting in the foot

 

[ladder]

When we import italian waitress to head india, why do you expect srilankans to fear us?

However much the senile MMS govt led by sonia lead groveled before sinhalese chauvinist rajapakse you wont stop china from landing in lanka.

power respects power not imbecile senile formations like the UPA govt in delhi.

Every one knows that india led by a legion of weak leaders now is impotent to act for its interests and treating us like a doormat.

because the congres foreign policy on lanka from rajiv days is self shooting in the foot

Central Govt. is a major cause but not the only cause in India's faulty Sri Lanka policy. You know what I mean.

 

[rvjpheonix]

India has successfully faced sanctions before in much more difficult times. Pak and China coming to SL's aid is never going to happen. Besides we can show it as a humanitarian cause as the SL isnt exactly the toast of the west right now with new information about the atrocities by the SL armed forces leaking out on a regular basis.

Sanctions against us will hit hard, no matter what you say. Why do you want to stop the good progress we are making. Plus we are a lot more connected to the west now than back then. Also sanctions against russia is a completely different matter. A proper sanction will hit the west real hard as a lot of oil comes from russia. If russia agrees to trade in any currency for oil it will be disaster for the US . As you might know US dollars are not based on gold reserves (not since jan 30 1934). Plus may small EU countries like latvia rely on russia. But I agree with @Razor. The best what we can do is open up India for sri lankans like nepal. Eventually they might even ask for unification. About opening up Bangladesh i am not so sure.

 

[Razor]

Sanctions against us will hit hard, no matter what you say. Why do you want to stop the good progress we are making. Plus we are a lot more connected to the west now than back then. Also sanctions against russia is a completely different matter. A proper sanction will hit the west real hard as a lot of oil comes from russia. If russia agrees to trade in any currency for oil it will be disaster for the US . As you might know US dollars are not based on gold reserves (not since jan 30 1934). Plus may small EU countries like latvia rely on russia. But I agree with @Razor. The best what we can do is open up India for sri lankans like nepal. Eventually they might even ask for unification. About opening up Bangladesh i am not so sure.

Dude, I think @tarunraju suggested that.

 

[amoy]

Do you seriously think that India would simply sit and watch any Chini aggression in the I.O.R.!!Mate we can literally bomb S.L. back to the stone age and nobody on the God's green earth can do anything in this matter.China will never risk a full fledged war against India for a small island.

Plz refrain from fear mongering wordings such as bomb, stone age, full fledged war... and stay constructive!

Nowadays thanks to globalization South Asia incl. China has become a small village. All have to contribute to the regional co-prosperity for our common good >> http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/...a/58837-chinas-entry-would-benefit-saarc.html

China\'s South Asia policy is guided by its own security, stability and development-which is called as the \'peripheral policy\'. China feels that its prosperity and stability are maintained only when its neighbors are stable and prosperous. Beijing is of the view that when there is fire in the neighborhood, it is likely to catch your own house. Guided by this notion, China wants more stability, peace and prosperity in the neighborhood.

Against this background, South Asia should take advantage from China's desire to join SAARC. There has been widespread feelings in the region that SAARC has not been able to move faster and accomplish its goal of meaningful regional cooperation for which it was created 26 years ago. This is mainly attributed to the lack of resources as most SAARC countries are poor. Moreover, the role of India, which is the biggest and most powerful member of the SAARC, may be uneasy from the effectiveness of the SAARC. India\'s policy on SAARC is to keep the region alive but weak and fragile.

like chinese supporting sinhalese for their strategic interest india too should back lankan tamils fro its own strategic benefits.

Nope there's only ONE integrated Sri Lanka that we deal with and that serves stakeholders' interest. Aren't those Tamils also SL citizens? Chinese don't hav to take side btwn Sinhalese and Tamils. They hav to bear allegiance to SL and abide by her laws instead of being succumbed to outsiders' divide-n-conquer ploy (for your ref. how India has done a disservice to herself >> Madras Cafe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )

 

[mikhail]

Plz refrain from fear mongering wordings such as bomb, stone age, full fledged war... and stay constructive!

Nowadays thanks to globalization South Asia incl. China has become a small village. All have to contribute to the regional co-prosperity for our common good >> http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/...a/58837-chinas-entry-would-benefit-saarc.html






Nope there's only ONE integrated Sri Lanka that we deal with and that serves stakeholders' interest. Aren't those Tamils also SL citizens? Chinese don't hav to take side btwn Sinhalese and Tamils. They hav to bear allegiance to SL and abide by her laws instead of being succumbed to outsiders' divide-n-conquer ploy (for your ref. how India has done a disservice to herself >> Madras Cafe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia )

India has got legitimate interest in S.L. just like Russia has it's interest in Crimea!Accept it or not but India is the sole power in the Southern Asia and if we think that S.L. is acting against our national interest we won't hesitate twice before launching a full fledged invasion of Lanka.Our sole concern in S.L. are the Tamil diaspora living there and due to the proximity of S.L. with the state of T.N.,we can't ignore any kind of budding threat rising from Lanka.
As long as the Lankans don't start showing hostile behavior to India,it doesn't have anything to fear about but the moment it decides to share it's bed with our adversaries we'll have no other option other than to break up Lanka into small pieces...

 

[HeinzGud]

The don't care attitude is precisely due to China and it's Veto power.

Yes. And Russia.

 

[HeinzGud]

The fact that SL requires Indian farm hands indicates how plumb lazy the SL people are.

Historically also proved when the British required Indian teas hands to run the tea estates since SL people are plumb lazy and incompetent.

SL is cleaner than India?

Any second guess?

Well are we inviting them to Sri Lanka or they come with there own will?

You seems to be in a terrible shock to absorb the reality.

Let the lazy people do there lazy stuff.

 

[SilentKiller]

Well we cannot and we should not get involved in matters of other nations until unless it directly impacts us as a nation.
As far as Russian case is concerned its wrong, no one has right to disintegrate any other neighbor or get involved in their internal matters, but yes i enjoyed what russia sent a reply to USA, if us did same in iraq it has no right to question russia, UN is just puppet in hands of few.
either every major nation be given right for Veto or none.

My reply to people who r concerned about tamils in srilanka or so, is to be first concerned about india and its people and make india better then crying around.
We lack nationalism first be Indian and in case something bad happens to any indian outside then respond.
Tamils in srilanka are Srilankan residents not indian and not concern for me same goes to people in pakistan or Bangladesh etc.
Yes if something bad happens to them and scenario same as 71 happens then a strong leader and stronger india can respond but only after whole world is taken into confident and as for me only priority is india and its interests.
Please try and read in detail about tamil crisis and why india sent its forces.