Chartering Our Future / China / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th September 2026
Before India seeks greater security influence over Sri Lanka, it should ask whether the way it exercises that influence is creating the very vulnerability it fears. India is a major power. It...
Chartering Our Future / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th August 2026
Seven years after the Easter Sunday attacks, the public is still searching for answers. In February 2026, retired Major General Suresh Sallay was arrested under the PTA and placed in CID custody under...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th July 2026
To the best of public knowledge, this appears to be an unprecedented request in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary history. It is difficult to recall any previous occasion on which a Member of Parliament...
Chartering Our Future / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th July 2026
To understand the competing narratives surrounding the Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka inspite of Sri Lanka going through over 300 LTTE terror attacks over 30 years is indeed puzzling. Therefore, given the current...
Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / UN bias & corruption
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th June 2026
Fifty years after the Vaddukoddai Resolution and seventeen years after the defeat of the LTTE, it is time for an honest assessment. While separatist politicians, their supporters, promoters and beneficiaries continue to commemorate...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 13th June 2026
The Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), enacted in 1979 was introduced to address organized violent threats to the state. It has been widely debated domestically and internationally, yet its relevance is important to...
Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd June 2026
For Buddhists the Vesak holds an emotionally significant place. It is an event looked forward to and celebrated. The destruction of Vesak decorations erected by Buddhist students at Jaffna University is not a...
International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Political Parties / Role of SL Govt / National Army
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st May 2026
BEFORE CLAIMING “40,000 CIVILIANS”KILLED The following must first be established: How many LTTE combatants were killed/died in battle? How many LTTE child soldiers were killed/died in battle? How many belonged to the LTTE...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th April 2026
The 2019 Easter Sunday attacks in Sri Lanka were not unforeseen. Intelligence agencies had repeatedly flagged threats, warrants existed against Zaharan. Yet negligence, inaction, and bureaucratic delays allowed an ideology rooted in hatred...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th March 2026
On 21 April 2019, eight suicide bombers unleashed coordinated attacks that killed nearly 300 people and shattered a nation that had experienced a decade of peace since the defeat of LTTE in May 2009. The...
