Education / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st September 2026
A HUNGER STRIKE DOES NOT ERASE A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE A bronze statue now stands at Nallur. Flowers are being laid. Commemorations are being held. Schoolchildren in uniform and younger generations are being...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th September 2026
ඉන්දියාව ශ්රී ලංකාව තම “ශිෂ්ටාචාරික නිවුන් රට” ලෙස හඳුන්වා දීමට දැඩි උත්සාහයක් දරමින් සිටී. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයා මෙම යෙදුම අවස්ථා කිහිපයකදීම භාවිත කර ඇත. 2024 ඔක්තෝබර් මාසයේදී ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස් සන්තෝෂ්...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th September 2026
India is taking pains to feature Sri Lanka as its “civilizational twin.” India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka has used the expression repeatedly. In October 2024, India’s High Commissioner Santosh Jha said: “We...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th September 2026
India increasingly presents the Indian Ocean through the prism of great-power competition. China is described as a strategic challenge; the United States is increasingly seen as India’s strategic partner; and Sri Lanka...
Chartering Our Future / China / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th September 2026 · Last modified 10th September 2026
There is a remarkable irony unfolding in Colombo this week. India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is in Sri Lanka, with the visit centred on strengthening defence, maritime and security cooperation. India describes Sri...
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 / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 8th September 2026
Rajnath Singh’s visit comes 38 years after the previous official visit by an Indian Defence Minister. The visit is described in terms of defence cooperation, maritime security, connectivity and economic partnership. But...
The name of Sara Jasmine alias Pulasthini Mahendran has become one of the most repeatedly mentioned names after the Easter Sunday attacks of 21 April 2019. What exactly is the legal relevance of Sara...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Role of India / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th May 2026
Before the LTTE came into the picture, it is good to go back in time to the manner in which American, British evangelical movements set up missionary schools where the Sinhala Buddhist majority...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th May 2026
Calls for reducing or removing Security Forces camps in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province in particular the Jaffna & Wanni security forces, are being promoted as post-conflict normalization, reconciliation, and civilian land release. These...
