Even as Norway is engaged with the Sri Lankan government for a solution to the Tamil problem, Indian spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar has begun talks with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in the quest for a lasting peace in the island country.
"Yes, Sri Sri Ravishankar is currently talking with the LTTE for a lasting solution to the ethnic problem in Sri Lanka. He is a member of the Committee for Peace for Sri Lanka formed by the Mahabodhi Society of India," president of the city-based Society B K Modi said.
With Modi as the convener, the 13-member committee also included, among others, the Dalai Lama's representative Ven Lhakdor, Swami Chidananda Saraswati, Archbishop of Mumbai Vincent Concessao and the Dewan of Ajmer Sharif.
According to Modi, the committee had already completed a fact-finding mission in Sri Lanka. "Sri Sri Ravishankar is a Tamil and this is proving helpful in continuing the dialogue."
Besides the LTTE, we are opening dialogues with the Sri Lankan government and all sections of people in that country. The committee's initiative
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