Keep our values positive because our values become our destiny. In a perfect world, and in Sri Lanka, one could have learnt lessons from history. While it is a generalised comment, in contemporary Sri Lanka, a solution to the ethnic issue relating to Tamils has been interpreted as arising purely on account of debateable historical reasons by the broader Sinhala Buddhist community. Hawking’s message has a lot of value and relevance to the ethnic issue in Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka history, especially the post-independence history has shown that communities, especially the Tamil community, suffered tremendous hardships on account of their ethnicity.

Source: The Nation August 14, 2021 00:00 UTC