Future of a post-Rajapakse Sri Lanka
13th July 2022 will be remembered as the day an elected President resigned becoming the only President since 1978 to do so. He was the 7th President of Sri Lanka but one who...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of India / Role of Media / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 13th July 2022
13th July 2022 will be remembered as the day an elected President resigned becoming the only President since 1978 to do so. He was the 7th President of Sri Lanka but one who...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of India / Role of Media / Role of West & Alliances
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th July 2022
The political system has collapsed. Mob rule has taken over. Where lies the People’s mandate? Is Sri Lanka a functioning democracy or is life to function as per protests, protestors & their demands? What...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / 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 / War on Terror / Separatism / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th June 2022
There was no term called Dravidian until a British missionary arriving in India in 1838 created it to serve several agendas of the Church. The next 40 years was spent in converting Hindu...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / LTTE crimes / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th May 2022
On 10 May 1984 an American couple Stanley & Mary Allen were kidnapped by EPRLF.in Jaffna. The kidnapping was timed with the visit of Snr George Bush former CIA director’s visit to New Delhi....
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th May 2022
On one side of the spectrum protests are calling for the stepping down of entire Parliament, amidst this are a bevy of piggy-bank protestors while the more important question should be where do...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd May 2022
The Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith has every right to ask questions & seek answers. It has been 3 years since the attacks but unlike in the case of LTTE attacks, the Cardinal must be...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of India / Role of Media / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th April 2022
Where do we start? How about the US-engineered regime change in 2015. It remains a puzzle why the engineers of the regime change decided to end yahapalana shelf-life, just as it is...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th April 2022
We are all puzzled as to what is going on in Sri Lanka. The people want answers & deserve answers. For too long politicians have taken the people for a ride. The buck...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th April 2022
Sri Lanka is experiencing an unprecedent state of events. Taken as a whole, there is much to analyze. Sri Lanka has seen governance pass from one colored party to another. Opportunistic politics...
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by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th April 2022
An uncanny observation has been the manner that naturalized citizens are ferociously carrying out duties on behalf of their nation more than original citizens. We have a situation where the ‘sanctions czar’ US Deputy...