Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th December 2020
Sri Lanka is an island nation which makes its ports and airports – the entry & exit points to the Nation strategically important and necessitates elected governments to place this significance above all...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Ethno-Religious Issues / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Role of India / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd November 2020
LTTE terrorism was defeated in May 2009. Without a charismatic terrorist leader, LTTE is unlikely to resurface. But, the efforts to create a Tamil Eelam or a Greater Tamil Eelam encompassing Tamil Nadu...
Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th October 2020
How much is China more of a threat to India than US, will be a question India must continue to ask, as it rushes to sign agreements with US. Whether India will become ornamental...
Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / Political Parties / Role of India / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th September 2020
The Letter sent by TULF to PM Rajiv Gandhi on 28 Oct 1987 provides clue to how 13A evolved. The history of the events should awaken Sri Lanka’s advisors promoting the theory that ‘we...
Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th September 2020
With much thought and strategy Sri Lanka has appointed Moragoda as Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to Delhi iced with cabinet ranking, the first such fringe benefit afforded to a high commissioner. No doubt,...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st August 2020
Relations between India & Sri Lanka has had their highs and lows since ancient times. The present resent & animosity by most in Sri Lanka against India has valid reasons. As two...
Chartering Our Future / International Issues / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th July 2020 · Last modified 28th July 2020
“Opportunity for Sri Lankan Tamils to revisit their priorities”by N S Venkataraman certainly raises the question, if India is rolling out a new modus operandi, towards Tamils & Sri Lanka. If that...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th July 2020
On 29 July 1987 India forced Sri Lanka to sign what became known as the Indo-Lanka Peace Accord that led to the deployment of Indian Peace Keepers. Part of that Accord also...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th July 2020 · Last modified 25th July 2020
There is much controversy over East Terminal of Colombo Port with India & Japan claiming that a Memorandum of Cooperation signed in May 2019 with the previous Government, binds the present government from giving...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / International Issues / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th July 2020
Colombo East Terminal is generating much controversy these days for reasons that should clearly showcase the need for a sovereign government to take a hold of the situation & uphold its sovereign status....
