Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th September 2026
India is taking pains to feature Sri Lanka as its “civilizational twin.” India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka has used the expression repeatedly. In October 2024, India’s High Commissioner Santosh Jha said: “We...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Sri Lanka Politics / UN bias & corruption
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th September 2026
A Rohingya refugee living in Sri Lanka addressed the UN Human Rights Council by video through Pax Romana and called, among other things, for Sri Lanka to consider granting citizenship or permanent residency...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th September 2026
India increasingly presents the Indian Ocean through the prism of great-power competition. China is described as a strategic challenge; the United States is increasingly seen as India’s strategic partner; and Sri Lanka...
Chartering Our Future / China / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th September 2026 · Last modified 10th September 2026
There is a remarkable irony unfolding in Colombo this week. India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is in Sri Lanka, with the visit centred on strengthening defence, maritime and security cooperation. India describes Sri...
Chartering Our Future / China / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th September 2026
Before India seeks greater security influence over Sri Lanka, it should ask whether the way it exercises that influence is creating the very vulnerability it fears. India is a major power. It...
Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 8th September 2026
Rajnath Singh’s visit comes 38 years after the previous official visit by an Indian Defence Minister. The visit is described in terms of defence cooperation, maritime security, connectivity and economic partnership. But...
A Judiciary does not exist to please a Government. It does not exist to please an Opposition, prosecutors, politicians, activists, media personalities, public opinion or foreign governments. THE JUDICIARY EXISTS TO ADMINISTER JUSTICE...
ශ්රී ලංකාව අද ක්රියාත්මක වන්නේ විදේශීය බලපෑම්වලින් යුත් මිශ්ර නීති පද්ධතියක් යටතේය. රෝම-ලන්දේසි නීතිය, ඉංග්රීසි නීතිමය මූලධර්ම සහ සීමිත චාරිත්රානුකූල නීති කිහිපයක් සමඟ පොදු නීතියේ පදනම ලෙස පවතී. යුරෝපීය ආක්රමණික යටත් විජිත පාලනයට පෙර...
Sri Lanka today operates under a foreign infused mixed legal system. Roman-Dutch law forming the foundation of common law together with English legal principles & a handful of customary laws. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE...
Every religion must be respected. But multiculturalism cannot mean that everyone else must live by restrictions based on one religion only. Sri Lanka is a majority Buddhist-nation where different faiths are free to...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st September 2026
මේජර් ජෙනරාල් සුරේෂ් සලේ අත්අඩංගුවට ගනු ලැබුවේ චෝදනා සම්බන්ධයෙන් අධිකරණ තීරණයක් මත නිකුත් කළ අත්අඩංගුවට ගැනීමේ නියෝගයක් යටතේ නොව, ත්රස්තවාදය වැළැක්වීමේ පනත (PTA) යටතේ ජනාධිපතිවරයා සතු විධායක බලතල භාවිත කරමින් රඳවා තබා ගැනීමෙනි. එබැවින්...
