Where did Sri Lanka go wrong after independence & how do we make it right?
Either we are picking at straws wondering what we did wrong since 1948 or we are pointing fingers at others but still unable to find the answers. It is indeed sad that we...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 8th March 2022
Either we are picking at straws wondering what we did wrong since 1948 or we are pointing fingers at others but still unable to find the answers. It is indeed sad that we...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Ethno-Religious Issues / INGO-NGO issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Role of Media / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th November 2021
8 suicide bombers carried out an unimaginable mass suicide. That these suicide bombers were Muslims & quoted the Koran is a fact. That they targeted 3 Churches holding Easter Sunday masses reconnects with...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of Media / Role of West & Alliances / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th November 2021 · Last modified 11th March 2026
The demand to name the“maha molakaru”is a mere red herring. Why did the Church not demand the same answers throughout LTTE’s brutal killings or even from the Yahapalana Govt under whose watch the crime...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th November 2021
Undoubtedly media plays a crucial role in manipulating people’s minds. Media headed by the wrong people can have detrimental results on a populace. We know the lengths LTTE terrorists took fake propaganda. It’s...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd November 2021
Sri Lanka has had a bloodied post-independence. We have had to endure killings by JVP, killings under UNP govt during the bheeshana period of 1980s, we have had 30 years of LTTE terror...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th October 2021
Have we learnt any lessons from 73 years of so-called ‘independence’? Have we learnt lessons from 42 elections held since 1931? Have we learnt lessons from Parliamentary & Presidential forms of governance?...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / Role of SL Govt / National Army
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th October 2021
Sri Lanka’s post-independence history has been marred by bloodshed. We have had assassinations of Prime Minister/President/Politicians/Public Officials, unarmed civilians and even children. All of these killings have had hidden foreign hands behind them....
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th October 2021
Every citizen is in unison that since 1948 Sri Lanka’s progress has been stalled and denied because of corrupt politicians and their encouragement of a corrupt system that has attracted corrupt public officials, corrupt...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th August 2021
There are many lessons to learn from history. A look back in time will reveal occasions that companies forced governments to invade or create regime change in nations because government policies were impacting their...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th August 2021
Both the World Bank and the IMF were founded in 1944 at the Bretton Woods conference. The World Bank is tasked to aid developing nations in reducing poverty and increasing their well-being. The IMF’s...