Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Role of India / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 15th May 2023
It was in 1752 that Ven. Upali Thera of Siam was assigned by the Siamese monarch to visit Sri Lanka to restore the Buddhist Sangha Order in Sri Lanka. The backdrop to this was...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 9th April 2023
This is taking place at 2 levels – targeting adults & the Sangha through various denationalization programs in order to take them away from defending/protecting/preserving National Culture/Heritage & then using education as a...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 3rd April 2023
Running parallel to removing nationally controlled state-entities are well funded initiatives to create non-citizens out of citizens. The goal is to remove any passion within people to defend one’s nation. When a nation...
Chartering Our Future / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / LTTE crimes / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics / Tamil-LTTE Self-Determination/Eelam
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th January 2023
The Tamil politicians and the LTTE Diaspora may blow hot & cold, spend lavishly on propaganda projecting Sinhalese as discriminating them, committing war crimes & stoop so low as to claim genocide, but...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 21st September 2022
Is it ironic that those who laugh at Sri Lanka’s history, marvel at the history & traditions of our colonizers, going so far as to shed a tear for their dearly departed. While...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 1st August 2022
During ancient times in Sri Lanka, the kings went and sought advice as well as blessings from the Sangha. The kings went to the Sangha – the Sangha did not come to the...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage
by Shenali Waduge · Published 15th May 2022
One of the biggest mistakes made post-1978 was to create a lay-focused education system for Bhikkus allowing them to enter universities/institutes with laypersons. This resulted in the decline in the importance given to pirivena...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Diplomatic Corps in Sri Lanka / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Political Parties / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 6th May 2022
The reason to target the majority Sinhalese Buddhist is to break the source & secret that holds the nation together. The amalgamation of the Sinhalese, their language, their literature, their culture was...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Role of SL Govt / National Army / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 30th April 2022
The President of Sri Lanka came to power in November 2019 with an overwhelming majority promising to deliver on his manifesto. He will go down in history as one of the most...
Chartering Our Future / Colonial & Neo colonial / Constitution Related / Crimes of the West / Ethno-Religious Issues / Lessons for Sri Lanka / Sinhale Buddhist Heritage / Sri Lanka Politics
by Shenali Waduge · Published 25th April 2022
Every time Sri Lanka mentions the words Sinhalese, Buddhists or Buddhism the whole world appears to get agitated & they take pains to showcase why there should be no reference to Sinhala Buddhists...
