The current approach of devolution is a good step, says Appadurai, Regional autonomy plays a big role in easing ethnic tension. However devolution must not be seen as a gift to the minorities, which only emphasises their minority status. It should more likely be seen as a useful method of government for the country as a whole. The other solution which is easier said than done, is the creation of an anti nationalist feeling within the community itself . Lastly, he says it is important to open up more effectively the historical debate, and to determine exactly where this conflict began.
Many people commit horrendous acts of physical violence against each other.
Such violence specially between ordinary people is so extreme, we have to have some explanation. Saying they are angry , frustrated , doubtful is not enough. At the end of the day for ordinary people ethnicity is a bad thing , what you are eating how you smell, are not tied up with what your ideas are . Conflicts that are said to be age old, often are quite recent.'' he adds. In the past there have been people mixing and ''synchronizing'' with people in the island, and out side the island.