Shareefa's mindmap: Consequences of the Sinhalese-Tamil conflict

1. Political Consequence

1.1. Armed Conflict

1.2. -Policies made Tamils feel discriminated.

1.2.1. New node

1.3. -Demands of the Tamils were not given thus resulting the formation of the LTTE.

1.4. -LTTE resorted to violence as the SL govt rejected their idea of a separate & independent state/.

1.5. Foreign Intervention

1.6. -India as a mediator

1.7. -Dialogue between Sinhalese & Tamils failed as they could not agree.

2. Economic Consequence

2.1. Unemployment

2.2. SL riots led to massive unemployment

2.3. Loss of investments from other countries

2.4. Fall in the number of tourists

2.5. SL's major income earners (tourism) was seriously affected by the violence & internal conflict

3. Social Consequence

3.1. SL Tamils driven out of their homeland

3.2. Conflict caused large-scale displacement