“It is the power of hybridity that enables the colonized to challenge the ‘inherited boundaries of power and knowledge’. It breaks down the symmetry and duality of the self/Other, insider/outsider, and establishes alternative spaces of power and knowledge.” – Homi Bhabha

Sri Lankans as individuals and as members of diverse ethnic groups are cultural, economic, and political hybrids. They are receptive to hybridity in anything and everything they do, without much regard for its long-term consequences. The cherished ideals of national sovereignty, national identity and the political order Sri Lankans want to protect are all transnational hybrids. Why then, do they reject ‘hybridity’ when it comes to verifying the allegations regarding the violations of human rights abuses, war crimes, and crimes against humanity?

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