Is Fatigue Setting In?
The Sri Lanka Tamil issue has led to a spill-over of emotion on the streets of Chennai and Tamil Nadu,whether it is the"self-immolation" of four persons over the last ten days; thedesecration of statues of Rajiv Gandhi which led to a stand off between Congressand Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi cadres; the attack on Congressheadquarters (Satyamurthy Bhavan) after a car belonging to director Seeman, whomade a pro-LTTE speech, was torched; the strike by advocates who showed a verymilitant streak or the burning of a car belonging to CPI state secretary DPandian. What is clear is that whether a person is identified as pro-LTTE oreven pro-Tamil without being pro-Tamil Tigers, it's as if this state caught acold when Sri Lanka sneezed. But another thing is also clear -- that fatigue issetting in the general population.