Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th June 2025
The recent controversy over the “323” containers held at Sri Lanka’s main port has created confusion and suspicion among the public, fuelled by unclear government communication and claims such as those made byMP...
Chartering Our Future / INGO-NGO issues / Sri Lanka Politics / UN & Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th June 2025
The Rise and Fall of Corporate ‘Inclusivity’ Over the past decade, global corporations have positioned themselves as champions of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), aligning publicly with the LGBTQIA+ community through sponsorship of...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th June 2025
In 2023, a deceptively packaged proposal was tabled to amend Section 365 and fully repeal Section 365A of Sri Lanka’s Penal Code — laws that currently criminalize unnatural sexual acts and gross indecency. LGBTQIA+ lobbyists and their foreign-funded...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics / UN & Sri Lanka / UNHRC Resolutions / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 8th June 2025
While Sri Lanka waged its final campaign to eliminate the LTTE terrorist organization between 2006 and 2009, the United Nations and UNHRC once again failed in their duty to uphold international law, protect...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions / War on Terror / Separatism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th June 2025 · Last modified 8th June 2025
Sri Lanka stands today as the ONLY nation that defeated one of the world’s most ruthless terrorist organizations—the LTTE—without international military assistance. In doing so, it upheld its sovereign duty to protect all...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th June 2025
At only 32, Captain Ibrahim Traoré took the reins of Burkina Faso in 2022 through a military-led transition of power. In less than three years, he has emerged as a prominent figure in...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th June 2025
Sri Lanka’s Penal Code Sections 365 and 365A have come under increasing scrutiny, particularly by international human rights organizations and advocacy groups pushing for their repeal. These sections are often portrayed as discriminatory...
Chartering Our Future / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Uncategorised
by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th June 2025
Sri Lanka is once again standing at the edge of a political and national security precipice. A bold and disturbing statement made by Member of Parliament Archuna inside Parliament has triggered ripples far beyond the...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / INGO-NGO issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th June 2025
When ‘Discrimination’ demands Freedom to have Sex (carnal intercourse) against the Order of Nature in Public: A Critical Look at LGBTQIA Demands on Penal Code 365 & 365A. Are LGBTQIA Rights Truly Being Denied?...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th June 2025
Sri Lanka’s Sections 365 and 365A, enacted during colonial times and strengthened in 1995 and 2006, protect children from sexual exploitation, including same-sex abuse. Private consensual acts, where adults are involved, are not the...
