Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st August 2025
The ongoing discourse around LGBTQIA rights and recognition has sparked widespread debate across legal, religious, social, and cultural arenas. We look at th key demands put forth by LGBTQIA advocates and a comprehensive...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st July 2025
India’s strategic colonization of Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province—centered around Trincomalee—is not a coincidence but the result of decades-long encirclement through war, diplomacy, economics, and cultural erasure. What began as military intervention in the 1980s...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of Media / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 28th July 2025
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith’s recent statement warning against legalizing same-sex marriage and LGBTQIA+ ideology in Sri Lanka is not merely a religious outcry — it is a national alarm echoed by the majority...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 28th July 2025
Silent Agents, Sold Nation: How Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty Is Being Traded by Its Own A deep dive into how political elites are enabling foreign capture of Sri Lanka’s national assets — one MoU,...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th July 2025
In just five months, the JVP-NPP-led government under President Anura Kumara Dissanayake signed 35 agreements with India — the largest, fastest foreign policy shift in Sri Lanka’s post-independence history. What was promised as a new era...
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 / 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 / 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 / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th July 2025
The recent controversy over a 12-year-old British girl being banned from wearing a Union Jack dress at her school on Culture Day has stirred a deep sense of frustration and alienation among many...
