Sri Lanka, Jan. 19 -- We all know what a university students' protest used to look like: hordes of placard-carrying students pushing against road barriers and Riot Police, with Police resorting to the use of water cannons and tear gas. Some students are beaten while others are arrested. In the meantime, there is chaos on the roads as many of them are closed and traffic builds up everywhere in the city. Pedestrians and bystanders are caught in the 'crossfire' so to speak, as students run helter skelter. Dejected, they head home without meeting anyone in authority to listen to their problems. This is how student demonstrations have ended every time, under all previous Governments, regardless of the venue - Presidential Secretariat or the Univ...