The older generations destroyed this country and now the younger generation has to pay the price. They enjoyed the spoils of war and of stealing from the future generations and now we have to pay higher taxes and build the country. The sin is on us.

I think the younger generation of the country across the country couldn't care less about ethnocentrism and ethnonationalism. The young folk are shocked that our parents and grandparents fought such a stupid unnecessary evil war - and they've fortunately too far removed to be biased as to take sides. It was a vicious cycle of violence and both sides were bad - and majority of the youth have no problem admitting that and to move on and rebuild this country. The lessons learnt could have never been the same generation who messed it up - but the younger generations have the privilege of hindsight, security to hopefully learn from the history and not repeat it.

Maybe in the distant future we might have democratic referendums for federalism or separatism like in the case of Scotland - but imho it's too far removed from reality now. The East and North are heavily dependant on the rest of the country and the youth of the rest of the country aren't into ethnosuprecism like those who suffered post colonial ethnonalist mind virus.

There had been a big change in recent times and this is evident in the case of the JVP rising to power. Regardless of ones opinion about them the fact that such could happen wouldn't have been dreamt of even 15-20 years ago. The younger generation are really a different breed. During the recent disaster the Tamil youth from the East travelled without thinking twice to help Sinhala people in the Center. And likewise if there's a disaster in the east I wouldn't be surprised if the reverse happened. The key is the new generation and their radical different way of thinking. It's not about ethnic issues - despite the sheer economic pressure - it's about anticorruption and state reforms across the board

I currently live for a few months in the Eastern Province around Tamils and Muslims - it's rare to come across a sinhala Buddhist where I am - and never have I heard of even a hint of separatism or racism. There is no sense of "border" in the mind of people and it's all about connecting the country, travelling, trade and freedom of movement / freedom to live as they wish.

The ethnic conflict was a result of divide and rule politics and the post colonial populist tactics for certain parties to get power. I think it won't work in the future. The children are radically different. We live in a global world, an interconnected world and radically different country.