Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / International Issues / Role of Media / War on Terror / Separatism / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th March 2023
Sri Lanka’s politicians may enjoy jaunts overseas but they must be sensible to not agree to every foolhardy suggestion that comes their way. We have had a string of foreign ministers nod their heads...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th March 2023
The JVP of present day is the opposite of the JVP as per the ideology of its founder Rohana Wijeweera. This is why, the JVP present day stalwarts have nothing to do with...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st March 2023
The UDRS system is based on the concept of Player – Referral conceived by Senaka Weeraratna in 1997. Player Reviews and additional technology were first introduced in Test cricket to review controversial decisions made by...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th March 2023
When Sri Lanka’s top corporates have stashed away some $53billion in overseas accounts, it is because they are cheating the country, they don’t want to invest in Sri Lanka or they are as corrupt...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 16th March 2023
In a report covering covid-19 period from March 2020 to March 2021 OXFAM’s research bring home some hard facts that are camouflaged by words & terms. IMF Fiscal consolidation is nothing but austerity...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 13th March 2023
Who wants to make Sri Lanka’s Central Bank “independent” & why? Who drafted the clauses? What is the sudden rush to make Sri Lanka’s monetary arm “independent”? Who included “The Central Bank shall be...
Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th March 2023
It is advised that people should not be too mesmerized by the word “independent”. Who can be independent in this interlinked world. Even decisions in the halls of the UN end up determined...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / LTTE crimes / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th March 2023
Arun Siddharth has an opinion & he has a right to his opinion. How many have listened to him or believe him? Why is his narrative different from the rest? What makes his narrative...
Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / INGO-NGO issues / Role of West & Alliances / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd March 2023
China’s Foreign Ministry in February 2023 accused the US of interfering in the internal affairs of countries, willfully waging wars & bringing harm to the international community via ‘coloured revolutions’ on the pretext of...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd February 2023
A letter written by Thangathurai Thayani, wife of Arun Siddharth on her mother’s 60th birthday that fell on 4thAugust 2022 should make the human rights organizations feel ashamed and should make the international human...
