Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th July 2025
To the leadership of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) and its political alliance, the National People’s Power (NPP): You rose to power on the promise of sovereignty, accountability, national dignity, and liberation from external control—both...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th July 2025
Beyond bilateral cooperation, the 35 Indo-Lanka agreements signed from Dec 2024 to April 2025 raise serious geopolitical, strategic, and national security implications. Sri Lanka now finds itself entangled in India’s broader ambitions—from energy corridors and religious soft...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th July 2025
Domestic Reactions and the Ideological U-Turn of the NPP-JVP Government. For decades, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP)—and by extension, the National People’s Power (NPP)—stood as fiery critics of foreign influence, imperialism, neoliberalism, and foreign...
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 / 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,...
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...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th July 2025
Sri Lanka’s New Education Reforms (2025–2029), led by Prime Minister and Education Minister, have sidelined history and Buddhism—pillars of Sri Lanka’s civilizational consciousness—while quietly embedding gender ideology and LGBTQIA+ narratives under the dangerous...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th July 2025
Sri Lanka’s new education reforms (2025–2029) may appear technical and modern on the surface, but a closer examination reveals a deliberate and systemic effort to dismantle the Buddhist civilizational foundation of this nation....
