Chartering Our Future / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of India
by Shenali Waduge · Published 12th September 2026
ඉන්දියාව ශ්රී ලංකාව තම “ශිෂ්ටාචාරික නිවුන් රට” ලෙස හඳුන්වා දීමට දැඩි උත්සාහයක් දරමින් සිටී. ශ්රී ලංකාවේ ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස්වරයා මෙම යෙදුම අවස්ථා කිහිපයකදීම භාවිත කර ඇත. 2024 ඔක්තෝබර් මාසයේදී ඉන්දීය මහ කොමසාරිස් සන්තෝෂ්...
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 / 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 / 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...
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...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st September 2026
Suresh Sallay was not arrested pursuant to a court order following a judicial determination of the allegations; he was detained under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) through Presidential executive powers. The starting...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th August 2026
Retired Maj. Gen. Suresh Sallay was arrested on 25 February 2026 without warrant under PTA and kept in custody using extraordinary powers vested in the President. Two detention orders have so far been...
Islamic Terrorism - Fundamentalism / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th August 2026
විශ්රාමික මේජර් ජෙනරාල් සුරේෂ් සලේ මහතා 2026 පෙබරවාරි 25 දින PTA යටතේ වරෙන්තුවකින් තොරව අත්අඩංගුවට ගෙන, ජනාධිපතිවරයා සතු සුවිශේෂී බලතල යටතේ රඳවා තබා ඇත. මේ වන විට ජනාධිපතිවරයා විසින් රඳවා තබා ගැනීමේ නියෝග...
