Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 2nd June 2020
America is in flames. The murder of a black man by 4 US policeman has resulted in mass protests, vandalism, looting across 25 states with the likelihood of the National Guards being called...
Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / Ethno-Religious Issues / International Issues / Role of Media / Sri Lanka Politics / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st June 2020
Sri Lanka’s 1983 July “riots” cannot omit to mention the killing of 13 Sri Lankan soldiers that presumably precipitated and justified the attack that came to be termed a ‘racial’ ‘ethnic riot’. No one...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Ethno-Religious Issues / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / Role of Media / Role of West & Alliances / UN bias & corruption / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 31st May 2020
On 26 May 2020 social media watched a black man (George Floyd) handcuffed and pinned to the pavement pleading to the 4 white American police officers – ‘I can’t breathe’. Onlookers watching George, whose...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th May 2020
In a very bold move, the Acting District Judge and Magistrate of Vavuniya has written an open letter virtually demanding a Member of Parliament to resign from his political party but what is...
From 150 Tamils living in Canada prior to 1983, just over 35 years later, Tamils in Canada constitute close to 300,000 or more counting the illegals. Official statistics as per 2016 census claim 157,000...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / INGO-NGO issues / Role of Media / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th May 2020
“Post-War Sri Lanka: Fractured and unjust for Tamils’ is the article appearing on TheDiplomat by Visvajit Sriramrajan on 15 May 2020. The article is replete in conjecture, abound in unsubstantiated allegations and completely distorting...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th May 2020
The Pathfinder National Security Strategy was developed in 2018 for the previous government. Then came Presidential elections in November 2019. This meant it was not a document incorporating the vision or mission...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of Media / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th May 2020
Sri Lanka has marked its 10thCOVID-19 death with the news of a Kuwaiti-returnee passing away at a quarantine centre in Trincomalee on 25 May 2020. She was 51 years and had returned to Sri...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / INGO-NGO issues / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Role of West & Alliances / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / West/Asian Politics / Western hypocrisy
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th May 2020
“No Vetting for Sri Lanka’s New Major Generals”is the latest of Sooka’s witch hunt against Sri Lanka and adds to her record of issuing close to 70 reports against Sri Lanka since 2009....
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / International Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th May 2020
Kavan, the elephant has been in Murghazar Zoo, Islamabad, Pakistan since 1987 when he was gifted by President J R Jayawardena to Pakistan’s President Gen. Zia-ur Haq. Just 1 years old he was...
