Thursday, July 12, 2007

POWER SHARING

SRILANKA
Island nation in the south of India.
Sinhala speakers-74%, Tamil speakers-18%
Tamils-Natives-'Srilankan Tamils'-13% ; Rest-Whose forefathers had come from India as plantation workers-'Indian Tamils'
Sinhalese-Buddhist,Tamils-Muslims,7% are chirstians who are both tamil & sinhalese.
Sinhalese enjoyed majority and can impose its will on the entire country
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BELGIUM

Population-less than crore
Dutch-59%,French-40%,German-1%

French community-in majority in capital-Brussels,are rich and powerful.and not liked by Dutch,so tension between the two.

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