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Geneva 2022 meltdown and the coming contradiction with India-by Dr Dayan Jayathilaka Source:FT Perhaps as in 1983, the regime’s plan is to provoke ethnic/ethno-regional/ethno-religious tensions, thereby sundering or marginalising the inclusive, pluralist anti-regime movement for democracy, human rights and socioeconomic fair-play. However, the result may be that the largely Sinhala south will agitate against the economic selloffs while the Tamils of north and east will protest against cartographic subtraction, finally joining the Aragalaya or backing it with a second ‘P2P’. Realism suggests that Tamil politics pragmatically adopts the terminology of the UNHRC resolution and the statements of India at the October 2022 session as the parameters of the possible  A young mother and her little daughter were walking away hand in hand, at a measured pace, from Galle Face, having participated in the protest on 9 October. The mother was taking a selfie while walking, her other hand holding her ...