The best option, now, under the present difficult circumstances is for Colombo to do its own dirty work, although New Delhi can always be counted on to render good neighborly help because of the shared belief that religion, ethnicity and language cannot be the basis for secession.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	3:det	_
2	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	3:amod	_
3	option	option	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:outer	16:nsubj:outer	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	16:punct	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	16:advmod	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	16:punct	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	11	case	11:case	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	11:det	_
9	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	11:amod	_
10	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	11:amod	_
11	circumstances	circumstance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	16:obl:under	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	16:cop	_
13	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	16:mark	_
14	Colombo	Colombo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	16:nsubj	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	16:mark	_
16	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	0:root	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	20:nmod:poss	_
18	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	20:amod	_
19	dirty	dirty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	20:amod	_
20	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	16:obj	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	16:punct	_
22	although	although	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	28:mark	_
23	New	New	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	24	amod	24:amod	_
24	Delhi	Delhi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj:pass	28:nsubj:pass	_
25	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	28:aux	_
26	always	always	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	28:advmod	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	aux:pass	28:aux:pass	_
28	counted	count	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	16:advcl:although	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	28	obl	28:obl	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	31:mark	_
31	render	render	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	advcl	28:advcl:to	_
32	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	34:amod	_
33	neighborly	neighborly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	34:amod	_
34	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	31:obj	_
35	because	because	ADP	IN	_	39	case	39:case	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	fixed	35:fixed	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	39:det	_
38	shared	share	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	39	amod	39:amod	_
39	belief	belief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	28:obl:because_of	_
40	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	50	mark	50:mark	_
41	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	50:nsubj	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	43:punct	_
43	ethnicity	ethnicity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	41:conj:and|50:nsubj	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	45:cc	_
45	language	language	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	conj	41:conj:and|50:nsubj	_
46-47	cannot	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
46	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	50:aux	_
47	not	not	PART	RB	_	50	advmod	50:advmod	_
48	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	50	cop	50:cop	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	50:det	_
50	basis	basis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	acl	39:acl:that	_
51	for	for	ADP	IN	_	52	case	52:case	_
52	secession	secession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	50:nmod:for	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	16:punct	_
