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    Detailed perspectives on developments in South Asia​​

    296:Sri Lanka: Towards a ‘National Purpose’

    Ayesha Kalpani Wijayalath , Research Assistant at ISAS

    11 November 2015

    After the heat and dust of the recent parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka, the accord between the country’s two main political parties for a ‘national unity government’ seems to offer the best chance in decades for politico-ethnic reconciliation among the various communities. But the challenge is to generate a sense of national purpose.