Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 22nd November 2022
On 21st November 2022 a handful of teachers & principals arrived wearing casual clothing instead of sarees. Ceylon Teachers Union (representing over 50,000 teachers) VP Rasika Handapangoda claims there have been social...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th November 2022
Sri Lanka has 4 land registers & successive governments continue to pass amendments without passing 2 simple insertions that would protect land owners & their lands including State land. Whether this is being...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st November 2022
ජනතාව දේශපාලකයින් තෝරා ගන්නේ භූමිය සහ භූමියේ සම්පත් ආරක්ෂා කිරීමටයි. දේශපාලකයන් තේරී පත්වන්නේ ඉඩම් සහසම්පත් විදේශිකයන්ට හුවමාරු කිරීමට නොවේ පසුගිය වසර 70 පුරාවට විදේශ උපදේශකයින් විසින් හසුරුවා ගැනීමට ඉඩම් ස්වෛරීභාවය අන්සතු කර ඇත. ශ්රී...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st October 2022
“Divide & Rule” යටත් විජිත පාලනයේ ප්රධාන අංගයක් විය. නීතිවිරෝධී ලෙස ඉඩම් සහ බලප්රදේශ අත්පත් කර ගැනීම, ව්යාජ ඉතිහාසයක් සිටුවීම, වෛරයෙන් හා ප්රචණ්ඩත්වයෙන් මනස ආක්රමණය කිරීම නොනැසී පවතින උරුමයක කොටසකි. ඉතිහාසඥයන් මෙම ව්යාජ ප්රකාශ,...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th October 2022
Divide & Rule was a key component of colonial rule. Illegally taking over lands and territories, planting fictitious history, infesting minds with hate and violence is part of a legacy that continues unabated. Sadly,...
Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th October 2022
“Persecuted Hindu Tamils from Lanka can obtain Indian citizenship under 2019 Citizens Amendment Act says Madras High Court” was an interesting news headline. It came a day after TNA’s Sridaran went crying to...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th October 2022
The UNHRC comprises 47 member states. The UNHRC members are elected by the General Assembly for 3 years. The UN General Assembly comprises 193 Member States of which Sri Lanka is one. Sri...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Sri Lanka Politics / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st October 2022
It is sad that western diplomats and the UN/UNHRC take pains to insist that the GoSL allow pro-LTTE groups to commemorate LTTE Dead as ‘civilian’ dead’ but totally ignore to even issue a...
Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / UNHRC Resolutions
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th September 2022
In 2010, the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon commissioned 3 members personally selected by him to submit a report on the ‘final months’ of Sri Lanka’s conflict. The Report by the Panel of...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st September 2022
Is it ironic that those who laugh at Sri Lanka’s history, marvel at the history & traditions of our colonizers, going so far as to shed a tear for their dearly departed. While...
