No More Tears Sister Sparknotes
IDS Documentary: No More Tears Sister
1) Explain Historical, Political, Cultural and Socioeconomic factors that caused a civil war, killing more than 75000 people, between the Tamils and Sinhalese in Sri Lanka.
Paul Collier outlines four reasons for what causes and attributes to civil wars in his book the Bottom Billion. Out of his four reasons there are two that I will compare the Civil war in Sri Lanka to. The conflict was started in 1983 by a group called the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers) wanting to create their own state after the Sinhalese people who controlled the Government created a few discriminating policies against the Tamil Tigers (2006, PBS). After being colonized by Brittan Sri Lanka gained independence …show more content…
The Government and the Sinhalese people were able to justify their actions because they were trying to undo what the traditions and enforced peace that the British instilled (Pg. 19, Collier). Colliers second reason is that civil war is more likely to occur in low income countries (Pg.21, Collier). Having a low income leaves people feeling helpless, being in the Tigers brought an income to the low income people. In No More Tears Sister Rajani discuses sending money to the Tigers to release her sister. This was a way for those Tigers to provide for their families. Collier discuses a study done in Chicago that further backs up this point. Collier explains that being in a gang which provides little money is worth it to many people as there is hope that they will move up in ranks to make more money (Pg.21, Collier). Poverty is also linked to education, as discussed in the film it was very hard to attend school as children often were participating in the conflict. Also in the Rajani town the university was bombed therefore there was no place to learn. Without proper education the opportunity to make a good income decreases. Politically an issue that was not discussed by Collier was a corrupt government. Sri Lanka struggled to
1) Explain Historical, Political, Cultural and Socioeconomic factors that caused a civil war, killing more than 75000 people, between the Tamils and Sinhalese in Sri Lanka.
Paul Collier outlines four reasons for what causes and attributes to civil wars in his book the Bottom Billion. Out of his four reasons there are two that I will compare the Civil war in Sri Lanka to. The conflict was started in 1983 by a group called the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE or Tamil Tigers) wanting to create their own state after the Sinhalese people who controlled the Government created a few discriminating policies against the Tamil Tigers (2006, PBS). After being colonized by Brittan Sri Lanka gained independence …show more content…
The Government and the Sinhalese people were able to justify their actions because they were trying to undo what the traditions and enforced peace that the British instilled (Pg. 19, Collier). Colliers second reason is that civil war is more likely to occur in low income countries (Pg.21, Collier). Having a low income leaves people feeling helpless, being in the Tigers brought an income to the low income people. In No More Tears Sister Rajani discuses sending money to the Tigers to release her sister. This was a way for those Tigers to provide for their families. Collier discuses a study done in Chicago that further backs up this point. Collier explains that being in a gang which provides little money is worth it to many people as there is hope that they will move up in ranks to make more money (Pg.21, Collier). Poverty is also linked to education, as discussed in the film it was very hard to attend school as children often were participating in the conflict. Also in the Rajani town the university was bombed therefore there was no place to learn. Without proper education the opportunity to make a good income decreases. Politically an issue that was not discussed by Collier was a corrupt government. Sri Lanka struggled to