Sri Lanka’s Water should NOT be privatized
It is predicted that by 2025, over 5billion of the worlds population will not be able to access fresh drinking water. The population has hit 8billion already. 2025 is just 3 years...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th November 2022
It is predicted that by 2025, over 5billion of the worlds population will not be able to access fresh drinking water. The population has hit 8billion already. 2025 is just 3 years...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 22nd November 2022
On 21st November 2022 a handful of teachers & principals arrived wearing casual clothing instead of sarees. Ceylon Teachers Union (representing over 50,000 teachers) VP Rasika Handapangoda claims there have been social...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th November 2022
Sri Lanka has 4 land registers & successive governments continue to pass amendments without passing 2 simple insertions that would protect land owners & their lands including State land. Whether this is being...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st November 2022
ජනතාව දේශපාලකයින් තෝරා ගන්නේ භූමිය සහ භූමියේ සම්පත් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමටයි. දේශපාලකයන් තේරී පත්වන්නේ ඉඩම් සහසම්පත් විදේශිකයන්ට හුවමාරු කිරීමට නොවේ පසුගිය වසර 70 පුරාවට විදේශ උපදේශකයින් විසින් හසුරුවා ගැනීමට ඉඩම් ස්වෛරීභාවය අන්සතු කර ඇත. ශ්රී...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd October 2022
The 19a passed in April 2015 included clause that no MP could be a dual citizen. The then President & the Election Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya failed to ascertain whether nominees to...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st October 2022
“Divide & Rule” යටත් විජිත පාලනයේ ප්රධාන අංගයක් විය. නීතිවිරෝධී ලෙස ඉඩම් සහ බලප්රදේශ අත්පත් කර ගැනීම, ව්යාජ ඉතිහාසයක් සිටුවීම, වෛරයෙන් හා ප්රචණ්ඩත්වයෙන් මනස ආක්රමණය කිරීම නොනැසී පවතින උරුමයක කොටසකි. ඉතිහාසඥයන් මෙම ව්යාජ ප්රකාශ,...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th October 2022
Divide & Rule was a key component of colonial rule. Illegally taking over lands and territories, planting fictitious history, infesting minds with hate and violence is part of a legacy that continues unabated. Sadly,...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th October 2022
The Government and the Central Bank must rethink before investing foreign funds on a program that has failed and will require over 50 years to complete. “’Bim Saviya’ Title Registration Act’s 24-year reign...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Role of Media / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th September 2022
“The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of IRAQ … I mean of the Ukraine ….Iraq too, anyway … (he laughs) …I’am 75 (audience laughs) …”. The...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st September 2022
Is it ironic that those who laugh at Sri Lanka’s history, marvel at the history & traditions of our colonizers, going so far as to shed a tear for their dearly departed. While...