Examining the conflict in Sri Lanka through editorial cartoons

Political /Editorial Cartoons about the conflict in Sri Lanka

-------------------------------------------------------------

The year is 1983. Yelling through the megaphone is the president of Sri Lanka Junius Richard Jayewardene. In the top left corner is a shoreline of the Indian subcontinent. There is a man tied up; on his chest is the word ‘Tamils’

-------------------------------------------------------------

Pictured holding the leash and wagging his finger is Sri Lankan President Junius Richard Jayewardene, who was in office from 1978 to 1989. The dogs have the words ‘armed forces.’ The man who is sweating, holding onto coconuts and seated on the bent tree has the word ‘Tamils’ over his head and he is over a shoal of sharks – the word Sinhalese is written over the fin of a shark.

-------------------------------------------------------------