Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 24th April 2025
On April 21, 2019, Sri Lanka witnessed its deadliest attack since May 2009—a series of coordinated suicide bombings targeting three churches and three luxury hotels, killed over 250 innocent people. Eight suicide bombers,...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 23rd April 2025
Sri Lanka is & must remain a Sinhala Buddhist nation not out of exclusion, but out of historical truth, civilizational continuity, and spiritual responsibility. For over 2,500 years, Sinhala Buddhist kings built this...
Too many self-less individuals have come & gone, they have dedicated their lives, time & wealth to defending the Nation but they have never or rarely been appreciated. Let us change the status quo....
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / Role of Media
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th April 2025
“When national leaders are absent from the most important cultural event of the majority, it is not just an oversight — it is a message. A message of disregard, of disconnect, and desire...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 20th April 2025
21st April marks the 6th anniversary of the Easter Sunday Mass Murders on 21 April 2019, exactly a decade after 30 years of terror was militarily defeated. The attacks on 3 churches &...
Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / LTTE crimes / LTTE Diaspora / Role of Media / Role of West & Alliances / UN & Sri Lanka / UN bias & corruption / War on Terror / Separatism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th April 2025
Has it never occurred to the international media or so-called international community or even UN/UNHRC Officials to question the silence of LTTE fronts to LTTE’s recruitment of Tamil children who were turned into...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th April 2025
Sri Lanka’s current judicial system stems from Judicature Act 2 of 1978 influenced by English & Roman-Dutch Law a carry-forward from Dutch to British colonial rule. Unfortunately, the leaders of post-independence forgot...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 15th April 2025
“Culture, traditions, values, and rituals are not written by politicians — they are carved into the soul of a nation. Governments may pass laws, leaders may come and go, but the heartbeat of a...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th April 2025
The Sacred Tooth Relic of Buddha enshrined in the Dalada Maligawa is revered as the legitimacy & beholder of the authority of the King (ruler) & its protection by the ruler is crucial...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th April 2025
India does not want South Asian nations to develop ties with China, but India is happy to expand relations & economic partnerships with China. This logic is hard to comprehend but is...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th April 2025
In a slap to Sri Lanka’s hospitality, the Indian PM chose to single out only Tamils who account for less than 2.5million in an island of 22million asking the Govt to fulfill the...
