What Sri Lanka’s landslides & cyclones teach — A Buddhist view
Sri Lanka is in shock. Never before in our history has all 25 districts been affected at once. We are in national mourning. The resilience of our people has been unwavering. As a...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th December 2025
Sri Lanka is in shock. Never before in our history has all 25 districts been affected at once. We are in national mourning. The resilience of our people has been unwavering. As a...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Political Parties / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 13th October 2025
Sri Lanka survives today because ordinary, hardworking Sinhala taxpayers across the Western, Southern, Sabaragamuwa, North Western and North Central Provinces carry the economic weight of the entire nation. These provinces produce the largest share of national income and generate most tax...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / International Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th October 2025
The Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), in southeast Bangladesh, has been home to the Chakmas, Marmas, Tanchangya, Tripura, and other indigenous communities for centuries. For over a millennium, these peoples lived in peace, cultivating Buddhist...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th September 2025
27 September 2025 To: Mr. Buddhika Hewawasam Chairman Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority / Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Bureau Colombo, Sri Lanka Cc: Hon. Minister of Tourism Ministry of Tourism and...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th August 2025
Humanity didn’t descend into chaos by chance. We were led into a system of control, confusion, and decay — by those who rewrote the rules of life, initially after conquest and thereafter by algorithms. This...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd August 2025
There was a time — not too long ago — when life was rooted in villages, families, faith, and community. People lived modestly, but with dignity. Homes were humble, yet filled with warmth. Families...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th July 2025
The name “Eelam” was never Tamil in origin, nor did it denote a separate ethnic homeland. It is a historical term rooted in the identity of the Sinhalese — the island’s first and...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / LTTE Diaspora / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th July 2025
Eelam — a word that triggered a 30-year conflict — must be urgently re-examined. The term “Tamil Eelam” has come to symbolize demands for a separate Tamil state in Sri Lanka. But few...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th July 2025
Sri Lanka’s New Education Reforms (2025–2029), led by Prime Minister and Education Minister, have sidelined history and Buddhism—pillars of Sri Lanka’s civilizational consciousness—while quietly embedding gender ideology and LGBTQIA+ narratives under the dangerous...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th July 2025
Sri Lanka’s new education reforms (2025–2029) may appear technical and modern on the surface, but a closer examination reveals a deliberate and systemic effort to dismantle the Buddhist civilizational foundation of this nation....
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