Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st October 2020
Oath taking ceremony 19 Nov 2019 Sri Lanka “to remain neutral in our foreign relations and stay out of any conflicts amongst the world powers.” “We request all foreign nations to respect the...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th October 2020
30 October 1964 marks a landmark agreement by Prime Minister of then Ceylon, Sirimavo Bandaranaike & Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. It was formerly known as the Sirima-Shashtri Pact and was signed to...
Colonial & Neo colonial / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th October 2020
We have a team of 4 led by US who are going around Asia trying to build alliances against China and signing defense pacts with each other, conducting naval exercises and even chiding China...
Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th October 2020
How much is China more of a threat to India than US, will be a question India must continue to ask, as it rushes to sign agreements with US. Whether India will become ornamental...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / LTTE Diaspora / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th October 2020
It is not every day that the US Secretary of State receives letters from unknown, undisclosed and unheard of countries and people calling themselves “Prime Minister “while living in the US, working in...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th October 2020
Mike Pompeo is arriving amidst a sudden & unexpected covid surge in Sri Lanka and coming from two of the worst covid-hit countries. He is arriving to fulfil objectives of 2 designations. He...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th October 2020
This is a right of reply to an article appearing on Daily FT titled “History repeating – Are we going to lose MCC or not?” by an anonymous international development expert on 22 October...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th October 2020
This question is being asked across numerous public portals and begs the Government to answer & relieve all doubts. Having got itself tagged as a ‘nationalist’ government (on top of all the other...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd October 2020
Maithripala Sirisena was not born with a silver spoon. He was no presidential material but he controversially became President with a thumbs up by 62lakh voters in January 2015 aided even by foreign...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd October 2020
There are some ground realities all of us need to come to terms with. While in Sri Lanka, only the TNA chants ‘Eelam’ & Pro-LTTE slogans, that too closer to some election or...
