Ambassador Mehrotra's account of his tenure as Indian High Commissioner in Sri Lanka during a pivotal period following the 1987 Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Agreement. Drawing on nearly two years of firsthand experience, the book traces the historical roots of the island's ethnic conflict between its Sinhala majority and Tamil minority, then examines how those tensions played out during the author's posting after the Indian Peace Keeping Force was deployed. A candid insider perspective on one of South Asia's most significant contemporary crises.
