MCC Agreement & Clauses – how detrimental are they to Sri Lanka?
MCC has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. It is important that we are all aware of the clauses and demands as well as commitments made by Govt and officials...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th January 2020
MCC has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. It is important that we are all aware of the clauses and demands as well as commitments made by Govt and officials...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st December 2019
Sri Lanka’s conflict was TERRORIST & ETHNIC Sri Lanka’s conflict was TERRORIST not ‘CIVIL’ (GOSL must request all media releases to correct that Sri Lanka did not suffer an ethnic or civil war...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th December 2019
When late Justice Amarasinghe delivered the landmark verdict in the Eppawela phosphate case in the 1990s which ironically was associated with a US & Japanese tie-up with a rail track from Anuradhapura to Trincomalee,...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd December 2019
Sri Lanka has elected a new President. The victory is nothing that the international community are too gaga over as seen by the manner they have chosen not to even extend congratulations as common...
Role of Media / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 19th November 2019
We have always wondered why the BBC is better known as the British Bullshit Corporation and now we can understand why. That together with Mindshare’s Power to the People’s Report claiming BBC has no...
UK was a former colonial invader occupying Sri Lanka from 1815 to 1948 & until 1972 when Sri Lanka became a republic. Let us not dwell into the atrocities committed under colonial British...
When SLPP began its campaign – Gotabaya Rajapakse’s message was clear – One Nation – One Law. It was an inclusive motto. There was no segregation. There was no discrimination. It was something simple...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th November 2019
Sri Lanka re-reversed a regime change orchestrated in January 2015 which spiraled Sri Lanka towards a wave of catastrophic changes unbeknown to most, outcomes which will be felt only as the new administration now...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th November 2019
Location, Location, Location” is reason why Sri Lanka is important and it is the reason why nations adopt numerous approaches to ensure stakes in potentially any corner of the island all of which bring...
Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th October 2019
Without a doubt this is a crucial election. Sri Lanka is going to elect its 7th President who is also the Head of State and the Head of the Armed Forces. The President has...