Chartering Our Future / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th July 2025
How India Could Leverage the 35 Agreements to Dominate Sri Lanka. While bilateral cooperation between nations is common in an increasingly interdependent world, the sheer volume, strategic scope, and opaque execution of the 35...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th July 2025
While the volume of agreements signed between President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s government and the Modi administration marks an unprecedented acceleration in bilateral cooperation, the true significance lies in the strategic depth, structural implications, and...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th July 2025
A Landmark Shift in Bilateral Engagement or a Rapid Path to Strategic Overreach? Within just five months of assuming office, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake embarked on a historic recalibration of Sri Lanka’s foreign...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th July 2025
The name “Eelam” was never Tamil in origin, nor did it denote a separate ethnic homeland. It is a historical term rooted in the identity of the Sinhalese — the island’s first and...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / LTTE Diaspora / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th July 2025
Eelam — a word that triggered a 30-year conflict — must be urgently re-examined. The term “Tamil Eelam” has come to symbolize demands for a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka. But few...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th July 2025
The history of Sri Lanka is deeply intertwined with stories of its diverse peoples, among whom the Tamil community is one. Understanding the origins and arrival of Tamils in Sri Lanka is crucial—not...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd July 2025
The popular narrative around Sri Lanka’s conflict centers on 1983 — the so-called “Black July” — as the spontaneous ignition point for Tamil militancy. But this version of events is dangerously misleading. In...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 22nd July 2025
Education Reforms Sri Lanka PPT for 2025.07.11 for Parliament new The Hidden Agenda: Erasing Sri Lankan Identity from Grade 1 THE PROMISE: “We will nurture global citizens who embrace sustainability, innovation,...
EDUCATION CURRICULUM REFORMS – STRUCTURE EDUCATION CURRICULUM REFORMS – STRUCTURE SLIDE 1: (Opening slide) Transform Education: Transform Sri Lanka Education Reforms Initiatives Ministry of Education, Higher Education and Vocational Education July 11...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th July 2025
Sri Lanka has approximately 3.9 million school children enrolled across 10,155 government schools (including 373 national and 9,782 provincial schools). Out of this, around 3.4 million children—87% of the total—are not fluent in English, with the vast...
