Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Ethno-Religious Issues
by Shenali Waduge · Published 15th August 2026
ජාතික භාෂාවක් පවතී – නමුත් උතුරු ශ්රී ලංකාවේ සිංහල පුරවැසියන්ට සමානව ප්රවේශ විය හැකි අයිතියක් නොවේ. 1987 ඉන්දු-ලංකා ගිවිසුම සහ 13 වන සංශෝධනයෙන් පසුව ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ආණ්ඩුක්රම ව්යවස්ථාව සිංහල සහ දෙමළ ජාතික භාෂා...
A NATIONAL LANGUAGE EXISTS— BUT IS NOT AN EQUALLY ACCESSIBLE RIGHT FOR SINHALESE CITIZENS IN NORTH SRI LANKA. Sri Lanka’s Constitution recognises Sinhala and Tamil as National Languages subsequent to 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord &...
Ethno-Religious Issues / LTTE Diaspora / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th July 2026 · Last modified 26th July 2026
Black July is just one of many painful chapters in Sri Lanka’s modern history. The suffering, the destruction of homes and businesses, and the failure of the State to protect citizens are historical...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th July 2026
To the best of public knowledge, this appears to be an unprecedented request in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary history. It is difficult to recall any previous occasion on which a Member of Parliament...
Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th June 2026
Religious ideological terrorism is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous forms of terrorism, as it is driven by a belief system which justifies violence. Divine command, sacred duty above democratic governance,...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th May 2026
Former Member of Parliament Udaya Gammanpila addressed the media after providing a statement to the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID), outlining a series of claims connected to investigative material arising from the Easter Sunday terror investigations. What...
Constitution Related / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / War on Terror / Separatism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st May 2026
On 21 April 2019, suicide bombers linked to the National Thowheed Jamaat (NTJ) attacked 3 churches and 3 hotels, killing 269 people. After seven years, multiple investigations, commission reports, committee findings, and even...
Constitution Related / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism
by Shenali Waduge · Published 18th April 2026
Since May 2021, a sequence of public statements has attempted to reshape the understanding of the Easter Sunday attacks and promote a new narrative burying a critical factor that may contribute to...
Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 5th April 2026
On 21 April 2019, Sri Lanka experienced one of the deadliest terror attacks in its history, targeting churches and hotels and taking hundreds of innocent lives. While the operational responsibility lies with Zaharan...
Chartering Our Future / Ethno-Religious Issues / Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 4th April 2026
There are numerous protagonists to Sri Lanka Easter Sunday massacre. We have Zaharan and his suicide bombers alongside an ideological network slowly spreading across the Island unchecked. The Church initially forgave the suicide...
