"It's great that we've been able to celebrate the Sinhala and Tamil New Years together. We've also had giant Iftars [breaking of the fast] with Muslim protesters here on this lawn together. "If there was a moment to bring about real, meaningful and long-lasting unity, this would be it. I just hope that in this post-Rajapaksa world that we're all hoping for, Tamils and Muslims won't be relegated back to the kind of second-class citizens that they have always been."