INVESTIGATE USAID involvement in Sri Lanka
The scale of corruption in the US by USAID wasting public funds for nefarious activities across the world has to be investigated & held to account. $15m for condoms to the Taliban...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 7th February 2025
The scale of corruption in the US by USAID wasting public funds for nefarious activities across the world has to be investigated & held to account. $15m for condoms to the Taliban...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 22nd January 2025
When people converge with banners & posters, automatically it is viewed as a protest. On 21st January 2025, a large group of people gathered outside the US Embassy Colombo to present a letter to...
Colonial & Neo colonial / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 15th January 2025
Whether Rohingyas are leaving Myanmar as genuine refugees or are part of a larger global human smuggling nexus,, third party countries that are not even signatory to the Refugee Convention cannot be saddled...
Chartering Our Future / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 29th December 2024
The Daily Mirror carried an article on the Rohingyas. As per the article Rohingya “asylum seekers” had held a protest in front of the UNHCR Colombo in early 2024 demanding permanent solution...
Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 28th December 2024
Does Anura Kumara Disanayake have a vision for the Nation. Did those who voted, vote because they thought he had a vision for the Nation? Is JVP really the “Marxist” party it labels itself...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 26th December 2024
With the world forming a global village, it is natural for nations to foster bilateral relations & partnerships. However, when one’s own people are languishing in poverty & could well do with...
Chartering Our Future / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / LTTE Diaspora / Role of India / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st December 2024
We often hear Indian leaders pressurizing Sri Lankan leaders that Sri Lanka’s foreign policy must ensure the security interests of India. At no point in time has Sri Lanka ever thought or even planned...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / LTTE Diaspora / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th November 2024
In an unprecedented & unexpected vote, Northern Tamils not only have voted for a predominantly Sinhala party but have rejected the Tamil politicians who have claimed to represent them over the years. This...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th November 2024
Parliamentary elections in recent years had never seen what resulted in nothing short of a tsunami on 14 November 2024. The silver lining was that virtually all of the old brigade who had entered...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / International Issues / Role of India / West/Asian Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th November 2024
How far has India realistically played role of mediator other than acting out of self-interest, making the best for India out of relations with both US & Russia? In ordinary terms this would...