Srilanka, Feb. 3 -- Bob Dylan, the famous US anti-war activist, wrote the song 'Blowing in the wind' protesting the US-war in Vietnam. It called for an end to the war and raises questions regarding war, peace and freedom. We ourselves have lived through a near three-decade long ethnic war which was brought to an end on the banks of the Nanthikadal.
The actual numbers of civilian lives lost during that period are still not known. UN agencies put the numbers of Tamil civilians killed at around 40,000 -vide UN Secretary General Banki Moon report.
Government data on the number of deaths during the final stages of the war put the figure at 9,000. The LTTE is estimated to have been responsible for 3,700 to 4,100 Sinhalese and Muslim civilian d...