Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th July 2022
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith is calling for justice for Easter Sunday, we all want justice, but why didn’t he call for justice for the victims of LTTE crimes? He doesn’t do so because the...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th July 2022
Leaving aside the global crisis as a result of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, Sri Lanka’s Govt is doing a pretty good job adding to the crisis. Is there any truth in the allegation that...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th July 2022
Let us return to the impeachment of 2 Chief Justices of Sri Lanka – how they were removed matters not so much as the trial or the allegations related therein. Another noteworthy...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of Media / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd July 2022
Do “civil society” actually represent Sri Lankan citizens or are they representatives of those that fund or pay their salaries? Their connections and the manner they network provide clues. While they point fingers...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of Media / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st July 2022
The reason US invaded countries of Latin America for 39 years was bananas. However, the Nicaraguan operation was different. US was involved in 2 covert operations in Nicaragua & Iran (1984-1987) The 1stoperation...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th June 2022
There is one entity that is a menace to society & that is the JVP, its partners & its offshoots – all three combined have been one of the major causes for...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th June 2022
Ever since Mahinda Rajapakse came into political limelight he has been targeted. Perhaps the targeting and name calling became a primary reason for the majority populace to back him. He did not come...
Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th June 2022
Sri Lanka was always sitting on a time bomb. Our expenses were higher than our income/revenues, our imports were higher than our exports, we were living a superficial life on loans, taking more...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 28th June 2022
The tuition master of corruption was JR Jayawardena who taught politicians to be corrupt and paved the way for others to be corrupt as well. He singlehandedly corrupted the entire system from politicians...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th June 2022
The current government is only a caretaker government with a cocktail cabinet. Its mandate was to only deal with the financial crisis. The prime minister has no mandate to give state land to...
