Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th June 2025
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk is currently in Sri Lanka inspite of the devastation taking place in Israel, Iran & Gaza. He is scheduled to tour the Northern Province. His visit...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Political Parties / Role of SL Govt / National Army
by Shenali Waduge · Published 15th June 2025
The Moment that Changed a Nation There comes a moment in every nation’s history when destiny demands a decision. In Sri Lanka, that moment came in 2006. For three decades, the country had...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 13th June 2025
Nearly six years after the devastating Easter Sunday suicide bombings that claimed over 270 lives in Sri Lanka, Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith is still asking, “Who masterminded the attack?”—fully aware that eight Islamic suicide bombers carried out...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / INGO-NGO issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th June 2025
When ‘Discrimination’ demands Freedom to have Sex (carnal intercourse) against the Order of Nature in Public: A Critical Look at LGBTQIA Demands on Penal Code 365 & 365A. Are LGBTQIA Rights Truly Being Denied?...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th June 2025
Sri Lanka’s Sections 365 and 365A, enacted during colonial times and strengthened in 1995 and 2006, protect children from sexual exploitation, including same-sex abuse. Private consensual acts, where adults are involved, are not the...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st May 2025
The Myth that shaped a Movement: For decades, the claim that people are “born gay” has been the foundation of modern LGBTQIA+ activism. As a result it has unfairly shaped court decisions, education policy,...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th May 2025
The date was July 10, 1991. The battlefield: Elephant Pass. The threat: a deadly armored bulldozer storming through the final defense line. The fear: LTTE about to penetrate Elephant Pass camp. Behind the barricades...
Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th May 2025
OPEN LETTER 27 May 2025 To: Hon. Harshana Nanayakkara Minister of Justice, National Integration Ministry of Justice, Colombo, Sri Lanka Subject: Repealing Penal Code Sections 365 and 365A will endanger 6.1 Million Sri Lankan...
Ethno-Religious Issues / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 22nd May 2025
The terms “soldier,” “war hero,” “war widow,” and “terrorist” are not interchangeable. They are defined by fundamental differences in purpose, adherence to law, and the targets of their actions. To blur these lines is...
Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / LTTE Diaspora / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 22nd May 2025
If there is a war against terrorism and extremism, there can be no room for double standards. Yet, some foreign governments continue to permit the display and glorification of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil...
