Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th January 2021
Fact 1:India will always interfere in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs Fact 2:India will always attempt to destabilize Sri Lanka Fact 3:International Relations is based on no permanent enemies, no permanent friends, only permanent interests. Permanent...
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 24th January 2021
Sri Lanka is never short of controversy. Colombo East Container Terminal is at the centre of a major national crisis which would decide the future of the current government and would decide the...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st January 2021
There is much ado about the claims that the 1956 Official Language Act was responsible for the present ‘ethnic conflict’. The advocate of this notion must explain how ITAK formed in 1949...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Political Parties / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th January 2021
There is much hue and cry over allegations of post-independent Sri Lanka disenfranchising Indian Tamils. Let us therefore address this question directly. Sri Lanka was illegally invaded and occupied by 3...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th January 2021
The Attorney General of Sri Lanka is the Sri Lankan government’s chief legal adviser, TheAttorney General has now declared that the MCC Compact and the Program Implementation Agreement & Articles of Association of MCA...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of Media / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 15th January 2021
Despite decades of development of formal laws and tools for modelling legal knowledge for land rights by lawyers in developed countries, Sri Lankan lawyers stagnated preferring to work with statues of 1888 to 1927,...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th December 2020
Sri Lanka is an island nation which makes its ports and airports – the entry & exit points to the Nation strategically important and necessitates elected governments to place this significance above all...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th December 2020
Tamil politicians can speak for the welfare and rights of the Tamils, Muslims can demand rights and privileges for Muslims, Hindus, Christians and Catholics can demand their rights but why is it considered taboo...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th December 2020
Globally, there is a hurry to grab land & resources and it is a factor that any Third World country/Govt must be aware of. On the guise of development and aid, international agencies try...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th December 2020
The Justice Ministry, the land ministry, the AG’s department & the Cabinet are either drafting new laws, amending existing laws, appointing committees or with one nod eliminating existing statutory laws. This is a new...
