Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th August 2025
Sri Lanka’s current economic collapse cannot be understood in isolation. It is tied to the 2015 regime change, orchestrated with heavy involvement of the United States and India, which removed the Mahinda Rajapaksa government...
Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th August 2025
In 2 decades, Sri Lanka’s economy has passed through dramatic cycles – growth, stagnation, and collapse. Each government inherited both assets and liabilities from its predecessor, and the choices made during their rule...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th August 2025
The past 2 decades has seen a surge in the ideological promotion of LGBTQIA++ globally in schools, across media and even entering public policy. The cost of the damage to individuals & society...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th August 2025
Sri Lanka is the only UN member state targeted for successive UNHRC resolutions after successfully ending a 30-year terrorist conflict. Instead of recognition for defeating terrorism-a feat no other nation has achieved,...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 8th August 2025
Hambantota Port has been wrongly portrayed as a symbol of China’s “debt trap diplomacy.” In truth, it was a strategic infrastructure investment, misrepresented by local and foreign actors with geopolitical agendas. Here are...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th August 2025
The entrapment of the Global South did not begin with debt — it began with conquest. The Papal Bulls (edicts issued by the Pope) of the late 15th century gave Western explorers divine...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd August 2025
The recent statement by casino tycoon Lawrence Ho that “Sri Lanka can be India’s Macau” is not just careless — it is dangerous on multiple fronts: political, economic, cultural, and strategic. Undermining Sri Lanka’s Sovereignty Calling Sri Lanka “India’s...
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 / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st August 2025
The ongoing discourse around LGBTQIA rights and recognition has sparked widespread debate across legal, religious, social, and cultural arenas. We look at th key demands put forth by LGBTQIA advocates and a comprehensive...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st July 2025
India’s strategic colonization of Sri Lanka’s Eastern Province—centered around Trincomalee—is not a coincidence but the result of decades-long encirclement through war, diplomacy, economics, and cultural erasure. What began as military intervention in the 1980s...
