Island lost

How would you react if you have solid documentation to prove your control over a particular tract of land, the Union government agrees with your contention, but turns around and says it’s not even part of the Indian territory? Incredulous? That is the sense shared by most stakeholders, including the descendents of the Ramanathapuram king, on the ceding of Katchatheevu isle in Palk Strait to Sri Lanka way back in 1974 when then prime minister Indira Gandhi was in a particularly expansive mood.

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