Happy 84th Birthday Mr. Kalyananda Thiranagama
In times where people’s values, integrity, ethics are waning, it is for those who hold the same traits highly to appreciate personalities that can never be replaced. One such selfless person is Mr....
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th November 2024
In times where people’s values, integrity, ethics are waning, it is for those who hold the same traits highly to appreciate personalities that can never be replaced. One such selfless person is Mr....
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / LTTE Diaspora / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th November 2024
In an unprecedented & unexpected vote, Northern Tamils not only have voted for a predominantly Sinhala party but have rejected the Tamil politicians who have claimed to represent them over the years. This...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th November 2024
Parliamentary elections in recent years had never seen what resulted in nothing short of a tsunami on 14 November 2024. The silver lining was that virtually all of the old brigade who had entered...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Role of India / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th November 2024
How far has India realistically played role of mediator other than acting out of self-interest, making the best for India out of relations with both US & Russia? In ordinary terms this would...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of Media / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th October 2024 · Last modified 30th October 2024
Now that MP Udaya Gammanpila has made public the Imam Committee Report, it is poignant to return to September 2023, when Channel 4 first broadcasted its program. at 1105p.m. (SL time 0335a.m.). The Cardinal...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th October 2024
Sri Lanka managed to avert a disaster as a result of timely intel surveillance & prevented a likely massacre of Israeli tourists frequenting the Eastern Coast of Arugam Bay for surfing. The sudden...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th October 2024
The Upcountry Charter Several questions emerge as a result of the Extraordinary Gazette 2403/28 published on 25 September 2024 – just days after the appointment of a new President. Why an “Extraordinary Gazette”...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Guest Authors / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th October 2024
One mass murder managed to send 3 President’s home & brought one President to power based on assurance given to deliver justice to the victims. While LTTE committed over 300 gruesome terror attacks...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th October 2024
If there is a constitutional provision claiming no dual citizens / foreign citizens can sit in Parliament, how is this provision to be honored or checked? The best & only way is for...
Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Political Parties / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th August 2024
How “orchestrated” were the protests in Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & now Indonesia – Each certainly had a core reason but were there some hidden hands egging them on? How many of these pawns...