Serendip, the ancient name for Sri Lanka, has given rise to the word serendipity, which means "making unexpected but fortunate discoveries". But there is nothing serendipitous about the ferocious civil war, engendered by ethnic intolerance, that has been raging in Sri Lanka over the past two decades. IPS brings you the ins and outs of this unspoken conflict and the everyday struggles of ordinary Sri Lankans.