Managing ethnic tensions and developing religious tolerance in South India and Sri Lanka

加强对澳大利亚邻国的了解，特别是对澳大利亚多元文化肤色做出重大贡献的两个国家，以及加强对世俗国家中管理种族紧张关系所涉及问题的认识，将是这项研究的好处。这两个地方都是以前社会和文化研究的对象，但没有在宗教宽容和国家控制方面进行比较。这项研究还将加强澳大利亚、印度和斯里兰卡学者之间的联系，同时适用于这三个国家社区之间的宽容和相互尊重问题。

The enhanced knowledge of Australia's neighbours, specifically two countries that have provided significant contributions to Australia's multicultural complexion, as well as an enhanced sense of the issues involved in managing ethnic tensions in a secular state will be the benefits of the study. Both sites have been the objects of previous social and cultural studies, but not compared together in terms of religious tolerance and state control. The research will also strengthen ties between scholars in Australia, India and Sri Lanka, while having application to issues of tolerance and mutual respect between communities in all three countries.