A Sri Lankan author remembers the easy, “mixed fruit” society before the civil war tore it apart
Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the erstwhile defence chief of Sri Lanka, won the presidential election in the island nation on Nov. 16, beating his opponent Sajith Premadasa by a wide margin. For at least a section of the Sri Lankan society, this election brings back memories of the country’s decades-long civil war. For its minority Tamils, who had pinned their hopes on Premadasa to bring them justice for the abuses they suffered during that tumultuous period in the 1980s, ’90s, and 2000s, the wait for their wounds to heal continues.
