hate/fanned into flame in Nineteen Fifty Eight” (17-18). The malice and ill will continued to spread like fire and resulted in the Match fever” the incident of 1983 when an attempt was made to “Big – annihilate the Tamil minority from the country. The people live in constant fear and their situation is traumatic. Every day ends with curfew and dawn starts with new game of violence. They keep vigil night and day to safeguard their lives. Lack of security and lack of faith in humanity turns them desperate and addicted to alcohol. The situation turns them paranoiac for they are tugging at the threshold of death. Amidst the chaos of nihilism there still lurks a ray of hope that humanism would bloom. The Sinhalese and Tamils continue their friendship in spite of the politically incited hatred. as though we are neighbours still as we had been in Eight,’ ‘Fifty by the way, for ringing. ‘Thanks, nothing you can do to help us, but it’s good to know some lines haven’t yet been cut.’(42-45) Jaffna, once a land of beautiful landscape has been turned into a battle ground. The poetess laments that“…landmarks of our childhood / curl like old photographs in the flames” (48-49). Young boys instead of empowering the nation by useful enterprise lay down their precious life for political doctrines. The sight of dead bodies strewn on the streets had become a common sight in the violence prone area. They have no time to spare, to stand and stare at the deceased for their life is at stake. The joys of childhood, friendships of youth ravaged by pieties and politics, screaming across our screens, her agony at last exposed, Sri Lanka burns alive.(57-60) CONCLUSIONS human rights violation, radical power politics, legitimized terrorism ravaged the nation to shreds. The agony and anguish of the nation was exposed to the world through the poignant literary works. In spite of international involvement, peaceful co existence remains a farfetched dream. With the
hate/fanned into flame in Nineteen Fifty Eight” (17-18). The malice and ill will continued to spread like fire and resulted in the “Big Match fever” – the incident of 1983 when an attempt was made to annihilate the Tamil minority from the country. The people live in constant fear and their situation is traumatic. Every day ends with curfew and dawn starts with new game of violence. They keep vigil night and day to safeguard their lives. Lack of security and lack of faith in humanity turns them desperate and addicted to alcohol. The situation turns them paranoiac for they are tugging at the threshold of death. Amidst the chaos of nihilism there still lurks a ray of hope that humanism would bloom. The Sinhalese and Tamils continue their friendship in spite of the politically incited hatred. as though we are neighbours still as we had been in ‘Fifty Eight,’ ‘Thanks, by the way, for ringing. nothing you can do to help us, but it’s good to know some lines haven’t yet been cut.’(42-45) Jaffna, once a land of beautiful landscape has been turned into a battle ground. The poetess laments that“…landmarks of our childhood / curl like old photographs in the flames” (48-49). Young boys instead of empowering the nation by useful enterprise lay down their precious life for political doctrines. The sight of dead bodies strewn on the streets had become a common sight in the violence prone area. They have no time to spare, to stand and stare at the deceased for their life is at stake. The joys of childhood, friendships of youth ravaged by pieties and politics, screaming across our screens, her agony at last exposed, Sri Lanka burns alive.(57-60) CONCLUSIONS human rights violation, radical power politics, legitimized terrorism ravaged the nation to shreds. The agony and anguish of the nation was exposed to the world through the poignant literary works. In spite of international involvement, peaceful co existence remains a farfetched dream. With the