Next week’s National New Year – when people of all races and religions come together for a multitude of cultural events centred on the festival of the Sun – is an ideal time for a just, fair and lasting reconciliation. Sri Lanka’s two major political parties, the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) led United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA), for the first time since Independence have come together to form a national government despite disputes and problems. Whatever that critics or cynics would say, most people believe it is a good first step towards political unity in diversity which could eventually lead to multi-racial, multi-religious and multi-cultural unity in diversity. Unity in diversity, a wonderful manifestation in Mother Nature herself -- is unfortunately confused or mistaken by some people for uniformity.
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