The Questions will always remain:
Where was the PEACE PROCESS?
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As Civil War Ends in Sri Lanka, New Divisions Arise in New York

And as so often happens in New York’s immigrant communities, the ties among Sri Lankans have kept ethnic conflicts in check. The Sri Lankan immigrant community — estimated at about 5,000 in New York City and 9,000 in New York State, New Jersey and Connecticut — has for 30 years, for example, held joint Tamil-Sinhalese New Year’s celebrations in April. They have played joint cricket games at August picnics sponsored by the Sri Lanka Association of New York, which has carefully rotated its presidency between the Sinhalese and other Sri Lankan ethnic groups, including Burghers and Tamils, as well as Sri Lankan Muslims, according to a past president, Pushpa R. Jagoda.

“We are so happy that there is peace in the country,” said Mrs. Jagoda, a Sinhalese who directs a Montessori school in New Rochelle. “We just hope people can move on and help the refugees and help the families that suffered from this terrible war that has been lingering on in our little island.”

The task now is to find a way to talk together about the politics of peace, said Ahilan Kadirgamar, a spokesman for the Sri Lanka Democracy Forum, which has been critical of the Tamil separatists and the government.
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But for now, Dr. Harin will continue to refrain from talking politics at his favorite restaurant.

“I’ve known Sanjay for many years,” he said, using a nickname for the restaurateur. “I take my friends there. I value his friendship and I know he’s a good, decent man.” And, he added, recalling rice curries, fried fish and Sri Lankan desserts, “He’s a very good cook.”