Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st December 2019
In 2015 regime change took place and common candidate Maithripala Sirisena was elected as President. Democracy and elections were ‘virtues’ handed to former colonies by former colonial invaders. Diplomacy is part and parcel of...
INGO-NGO issues / Role of West & Alliances / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th November 2019
Nothing they do is right. Everything right they do is wrong. What exactly is their problem? This is really puzzling to most patriots and nationalists who are grappling to...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th November 2019
There are 2 scenarios connected to Swiss Embassy Colombo. First is the asylum given by the embassy to a senior police officer along with his family & secondly is the alleged ‘temporary kidnapping’ of...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 28th November 2019
There’s never a dull moment in Sri Lanka. A crucial election is over. An outcome not liked or expected by those that manipulated regime change in 2015. It was expected that the country...
UK is holding general elections. Anyone contesting should be trying to represent the interests of the people in the UK and not issues relevant to other countries which the government of those countries should...
Ethno-Religious Issues / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 27th November 2019
Who can explain how communities can be brought together when the leaders representing them continue to drum racism? Have we heard any national sentiment from the present day Tamil leaders? When will they cease...
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...
