Chartering Our Future / INGO-NGO issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 13th April 2020
On 5th April 2020, a group of 163 civil society activists & 17 organizations placed their names on a letter to H E President Gotabaya Rajapakse on behalf of the Muslims appealing to grant burial...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th April 2020
Spanish colonial crimes – Bull Fighting – Spanish Flu – Covid-19 do you see a connection? Do these trail of thoughts carry a trail of tears? Do they implore Spain to revisit their moral...
Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / UN & Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd April 2020
Coronavirus does not discriminate. It treats all equally. Rich-poor-Old-young, it doesn’t care if you live in West-East, North-South, the virus doesn’t care whether you are Sinhalese Tamil Muslim or Burgher or whether you are...
Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / International Issues / Role of West & Alliances / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st March 2020
Everyone has a right to their opinion but a subject as important as the present global outbreak requires some meaningful debate and certain actions give clues to read between the lines to understand...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th March 2020
The US embassy Colombo is repeatedly saying $480m is a gift & not a loan from the US to the People of Sri Lanka but then insists on signing an agreement & having it...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th March 2020
The Gunaruwan Committee handed its supplementary report on the MCC to both the President & Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on 17th February 2020 and had made some recommendations and comments that should...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th February 2020
There are 3 pillars of governance in Sri Lanka while the constitution is very clear that the sovereignty is inalienable from the People of the Country. Therefore, the President, Parliament & Judiciary all...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th February 2020
There is much talk of late about Sri Lanka’s education system. It is definitely a prudent subject as the country’s assets are its citizens and it is the citizens that must protect and...
Chartering Our Future / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / War on Terror / Separatism / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 14th February 2020
We need a closure. We know how many Sri Lanka Armed Forces personnel died or were injured during the final phase of the conflict but the problem lies in determining the dead LTTE and...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 14th February 2020
MCC is one of the 3 pillars of US National Security Strategy initially rolled out in 2002 (Defense, Development & Diplomacy) ACSA and SOFA are clear US strategic military arrangements while MCC falls into...
