New Delhi and Sri Lanka

New Det and Sri Lanka is a descriptive record of events of the early pre- and post independence years of the two countries which are significant not only from a bilateral but an international point of view. On the world map, the two countries show a striking strategic importance, oddly, one by its large size, and the other by its smallness. The two countges, one may feel, make a causeway between East and West.

Sri Lanka is a country where the two ethnic groups, till recently integrated as nowhere else in the world, are now at war. Two centuries ago, Washington Irving wrote "It is seldom that any one covert act produces boutilities between two nations there exits, most commonly, a previous jealousy, and ill-will, a predisposition to take offence. "How does this doctrine apply to Sri Lanka?

Five quinquennial elections have been held and, every time, the party which was ruling was thrown out of power. How did this happes

A historian has commented that Si Lanka's population, its culture, its relige, ins social infrastructure are all Indian in Yet, the people of this country look a with an inexplicable sense of suspicion, is hostility. What has been the impact of this psychosia on Inde-Sei Lankas relations in recent years and on their relationship with the Super Powers?

These questions form the subject of study in this book

The author is a journalist who, having worked as a Correspondent for newspapers in both India and Sri Lanka, has had the opportunity to study and observe the inter relations between the two countries during the crucial four decades-1945-85. He has presented a close-up of the events during this historic period. Recent events have been discussed in a comprehensive Epilogue.