Two young lives lost—one a university student, the other a schoolgirl in Kotahena. These are not isolated tragedies. They are searing warnings that Sri Lankan society is spiraling into a moral crisis....
The persistence of ragging in Sri Lankan universities is a multifaceted issue that intertwines socio-economic backgrounds & political affiliations resulting in an institutional culture. Understanding this complex cycle is crucial to formulating a plan...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 28th April 2025
It is shocking that Sri Lanka’s stature in the global arena & among the diplomatic community has stooped to an all-time low. When a proud Sri Lanka proposed in 1971 the Indian...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th April 2025
On April 21, 2019, Sri Lanka witnessed its deadliest attack since May 2009—a series of coordinated suicide bombings targeting three churches and three luxury hotels, killed over 250 innocent people. Eight suicide bombers,...
Too many self-less individuals have come & gone, they have dedicated their lives, time & wealth to defending the Nation but they have never or rarely been appreciated. Let us change the status quo....
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th April 2025
21st April marks the 6th anniversary of the Easter Sunday Mass Murders on 21 April 2019, exactly a decade after 30 years of terror was militarily defeated. The attacks on 3 churches &...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th April 2025
Sri Lanka’s current judicial system stems from Judicature Act 2 of 1978 influenced by English & Roman-Dutch Law a carry-forward from Dutch to British colonial rule. Unfortunately, the leaders of post-independence forgot...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd April 2025
Ngo Dinh Diem was President of South Vietnam from 1955 till he was assassinated in 1963. US chose a Roman Catholic to become President in a predominantly Buddhist nation to as a counter...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st March 2025
PM Modi is due in Sri Lanka on 5th April, the 54th anniversary of the JVP 1st rebellion. JVP will be celebrating its 50thanniversary which commenced against Indian expansionist agenda & unlikely to proceed...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 28th March 2025
LTTE began its killings from 1980s. There are over 300 listed LTTE attacks in 3 decades of terror. LTTE’s crimes are nothing that UN or the international community was unaware of. Not only...
