p2p, We can see reports of SL navy harassing our fishermen almost every week in local TV channels, Just because NdTV or TOI do not cover those, they are not true, We usually make the headlines only for wrong reasons(Corruption).
Regarding the killing of Tamils in SL war, I am against directly involving in it, but we should not have supplied arms to Lankans and more importantly we should not have bailed out Lankans for human right violation. Just think about how our govt used to react if Isreal shoots a Palestinian and compare it with the killing of 40k SL Tamils?
Some helped LTTE in the past through sea but killing our fishermen now for past activities of some is wrong.
There is really no difference between the way the Tamilians are being treated in Sri Lanka as compared to the way Indian Army treats civilians in the North East.
Even if I was a Tamilian, it was never an Indian Tamil decision to interfere in the life of a Sri Lankan Tamil. It is exactly how the Pakistani Muslims like to comment about the life of Indian Muslims. The Indian muslim openly tells the Pakistani muslim to not interfere. Similarly there will come a time when the SL Tamil will say the same to the Indian Tamil. There is literally no difference between the two.
Had the SL Tamils been left alone nothing of this sort would have happened. It was our support of the LTTE and other militant groups that led to the downfall of the SL Tamils. Now the SL Tamils are worse off than the way they were before. The Sinhalese reacted to terrorism and it was that which started the killings initially. The subsequent war did the rest. It is no different from what the IA did in Kashmir where entire villages were massacred. It is no different than what the Israelis are doing in Palestine or Lebanon.
You say we should not have given weapons, that is right. We shouldn't have supported the separatists in the first place. Now healing the war wounds will take decades and the SL Tamil lives will be no better for it.
The reason why we supported the SL govt in the human rights abuse is because the only way to get the Tamil population back on track is by using diplomacy. There is no choice but for the Tamils and Sinhalese to co-exist. There is no scope for creating a new state. The SL Army is too powerful for a new LTTE to be born and India will obviously not interfere no matter what. So expect a Naxal type situation hitting the nation in the future unless India interferes with economic gifts of trade and goodwill. Do you think if TN continues to be hostile to the Sinhalese then the situation will be resolved?
The struggle for a separate nation is what led to all the problems in the first place.
As for killing of fishermen. This is happening in the Pakistani areas and Bangladeshi border too. The TN people made an enemy of SL and they are doing what a lot of countries practice at times of war. The Indian govt can only handle this issue diplomatically and not by using force. Like I already said, the Tamils in SL could have taken care of themselves. The interference of Indian Tamils has only been counter-productive and is affecting the lives of fishermen. We have ourselves to blame for all the killings that's happening.