Sri Lanka, April 21 -- Terrorism, in any form, is a threat to democracy. Whether it comes from the north or the south, whether it wears the guise of ethnicity or ideology, the act of terrorizing a democratically elected government must be condemned equally and unequivocally.
Yet, in Sri Lanka, there appears to be double standards in how we perceive and react to different forms of political violence. The insurrections led by the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) in the south and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in the north were both devastating chapters in our history. Both caused immense suffering, loss of life, and damage to the social fabric of Sri Lanka and yet, the public and political narratives surrounding these two movemen...