Slightly off beat but I can't help but note, that we Indians are not any different from any other people of the world, who don't take long forget their heros. Those who serve selflessly - members of our armed forces.
India's military engagement in Sri Lanka in 1980s, it was big deal. Under Rajeev Gandhi, it was India's claim to a regional heavy weight. We forget so easily it may be because, it's a war we can't claim to "win". Also, it was fought on foreign soil against all odds and some of it was our own making.
Anyway, my point is not to comment on policital atmosphere and that related to deployment of forces in Sri Lanka. It is also not in anyway discount the sacrifies of the women and men of India's armed forces and their family.
It is however sad to note that hardly anybody talks about it. No news articles, no conommeration, no Bollywood movies either.
In past few years, we had movies for 1971 war (Border) and 1999 Kargil war (LoC, Lakshya (not really a war movie)). The wars of 1965 (Indo-Pak) and 1962 (Indo-China) had their dedications from Bollywood. As far as I remember, no Bollywood seems to have touch the topic of IPKF's operation.
Just a sidenote, from what I have read, heard and seen, LTTE can be classified as the mother of sucide bombers. They have successfully used it against hard and soft targets. On the Indian soil, who can forget the 1991 assaination of Rajeev Gandhi?
