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 / Ethno-Religious Issues / Role of Media
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th April 2025
“When national leaders are absent from the most important cultural event of the majority, it is not just an oversight — it is a message. A message of disregard, of disconnect, and desire...
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 / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 15th April 2025
“Culture, traditions, values, and rituals are not written by politicians — they are carved into the soul of a nation. Governments may pass laws, leaders may come and go, but the heartbeat of a...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th April 2025
India does not want South Asian nations to develop ties with China, but India is happy to expand relations & economic partnerships with China. This logic is hard to comprehend but is...
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...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Political Parties / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd April 2025
Are Sri Lanka’s govts, policy advisors & close coterie living in a delusional world thinking that a takeover of a country only happens via invasions as took place under Portuguese, Dutch, British ruling Sri...
Men & Women were not born equal. Neither can be quantified to be equal. Just because men & women are not equal it doesn’t mean anyone is better than the other. Nature never wanted...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th March 2025
All citizens of Sri Lanka irrespective of party politics must stand together united in defense of Sri Lanka & its National Army. All those with the ability to analyze history, its legacies &...
