http://www.firstpost.com Firstpost Wed, 22 May 2013 23:15:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://www.firstpost.com/politics/rajapaksa-double-speak-holds-sri-lanka-captive-to-its-history-204942.html#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:47:00 +0000 Vembu http://www.firstpost.com/?p=204942 Sri Lanka's tortured history is a tale of broken promises. President Mahinda Rajapaksa is continuing that tradition by reneging on his commitment to power devolution to Tamils. ]]> http://www.firstpost.com/politics/rajapaksa-double-speak-holds-sri-lanka-captive-to-its-history-204942.html/feed 1 http://www.firstpost.com/world/indira-gandhi-helped-train-tamil-rebels-and-reaped-whirlwind-13913.html#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 14:25:47 +0000 Mishra http://www.firstpost.com/?p=13913 What was Mrs Gandhi’s gameplan in training the Tamil groups? According to LTTE leader KP, Mrs Gandhi thought she may be able to escalate armed struggle up to a certain level and then use that leverage to settle the issue. But her assassination put paid to those plans]]> http://www.firstpost.com/world/indira-gandhi-helped-train-tamil-rebels-and-reaped-whirlwind-13913.html/feed 0