Shenali D Waduge by Shenali Waduge · 27th February 2026 The purpose of this article is not to defend an individual but to defend institutional logic, to decipher what went wrong and by whom, and to prevent judicial manipulation through politicized narrative framing. Even 30 years of LTTE terror and bloodshed did not result in over six reports […]

Shenali D Waduge On 21 April 2019, Sri Lanka was struck by coordinated suicide bombings targeting three churches and three luxury hotels, killing at least 270 people and injuring around 500. The attackers were linked to National Thowheed Jama’ath (NTJ), an extremist group previously under the radar of Sri Lankan security services. Intelligence warnings of an imminent attack — including specific threats to […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka reveres the Mahāvamsa as its foundational chronicle — and rightly so. Without it, much of our early history would be lost to time or victim of fake narratives as seen in the present. Yet reverence must never replace reasoning. Respect must not suspend inquiry— especially when the figure at the […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s media has reported on the application by the Muslim Left Front for registration with the Election Commission. A careful review of historical, regional, and global patterns shows that political parties — when built on religious identity fused with ideological activism — can become vehicles for external influence, social polarization, and long-term destabilization. This is not […]

Shenali D Waduge British Entry into Sri Lanka — Strategic Context (1795–1796) The British did not enter Sri Lanka as liberators or protectors of indigenous sovereignty. They entered as a hostile imperial power exploiting European war dynamics, seeking to: Their arrival was imperial expansion, not humanitarian intervention. Geopolitical Catalyst Britain entered Sri Lanka during the Napoleonic Wars, when:• […]

Shenali D Waduge While the world debates the dangerous outcomes of ‘digital education,’ in Sri Lanka a silent campaign is underway. Educationists, policymakers, and self-proclaimed experts—often in partnership with international agencies including the UN—are promoting a plan that will digitalize the learning of 4 million Sri Lankan children. But whose interests are truly being served? […]

Shenali D Waduge Since March 1997, Senaka Weeraratna has waged one of the most persistent, solitary intellectual justice campaigns in modern sport — appealing locally and internationally for recognition as the author of the ‘Player – Referral’ system, today globally known as the Decision Review System (DRS). It began with a letter to the ‘Australian’ (National Newspaper of Australia) […]

Shenali D Waduge Why is it important to go back in time to understand the root causes of every country unable to rise from its colonial past? Why have these nations that have self-sustained themselves for centuries during times when there were no imports or exports, dollar transactions now crippled in debt? While modern conflicts […]

Shenali D Waduge The oft-quoted disenfranchisement of Tamils” post-independence is often repeated internationally & referred to locally. Let us go back in time and evaluate the evolution of how colonials identified the natives. To answer that, let us trace how identity classification evolved. This study traces how Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonial administrations systematically identified indigenous populations […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka has been governed continuously by Sinhala-Buddhist monarchies for over 1,700 years, supported by advanced systems of governance, irrigation, taxation, law, and religious institutions. Despite intermittent South Indian invasions and mercenary occupations, the island has never experienced indigenous Tamil political sovereignty at any point in recorded history. Modern claims for Tamil Eelam” do not arise from archaeology, epigraphy, […]

Shenali D Waduge You claim genocide, occupation, and structural erasure. These are serious allegations that demand serious evidence — legal proof, forensic data, documented history, and verifiable records — not slogans, flags, or emotional scripting. 1) 4 FEBRUARY 1948 – BLACK DAY FOR TAMILS” This slogan is a deliberate distortion of history, constructed around the Indian Tamil […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s political history cannot be understood without confronting the forces that repeatedly reshape public anger, class conflict, and ideological rebellion. Among these forces, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) stands out as a movement that began as a radical Marxist uprising of the oppressed, yet today operates within a political alliance aligned […]

Shenali D Waduge Sinhala Buddhists, constituting approximately 70% of Sri Lanka’s population, and forming the islands continuous civilizations core for over 2500 years are experiencing systematic marginalization across governance, administration, legal protection, cultural preservation, and education, particularly in the Northern and Eastern Provinces. Despite being the majority, their religious, cultural, and linguistic rights, as guaranteed by Article 9 of the […]

Shenali D Waduge It is crucial to understand the real nature of India’s regional doctrine the modus operandi changes with each government but the objective remains the same. India’s geopolitical goal has been political hegemony over its neighbors, regional dominance, strategic containment of rivals (China/Pakistan), buffer-state control and to expand its sphere of influence. As […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka formally defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) militarily in May 2009. However, where the military succeeded the ideological battle tasked to the politicians failed. Armed movements that fail militarily often transition into political warfare networks, relocating operations from the battlefield into international diplomacy, diaspora mobilization, narrative construction, legal activism, and […]

by Shenali Waduge · 2nd February 2026 On 4 February 1948, Ceylon was declared independent.” Flags were raised, an anthem was sung, and a new political chapter was ceremonially opened. Yet beneath that symbolism, few recognised that the foundations of colonial control remained largely intact. What Sri Lanka received was nominal administrative independence — not civilisational or psychological […]

Shenali D Waduge The topic of colonization and its implications on Sri Lanka cannot be viewed in isolation. Every facet of colonial rule must be compared in all of the nations that were invaded and governed. Colonialism did not merely replace rulers; it re-engineered the mind of the nation. The most enduring damage inflicted on Sri […]

Shenali D Waduge The importance of learning history is to connect with one’s roots, to feel grounded in the land referred to as one’s motherland,”. These factors inspire the feeling and urge to defend and protect one’s Nation. Once people are disconnected from their history, their sense of belonging weakens, and their passion to serve the nation […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s governments display a disturbing tendency to repeat the mistakes of other countries, even after those countries have openly admitted failure and reversed course. What is more troubling is that these reversals are not hidden or disputed — they are documented, and publicly acknowledged. Yet, despite full awareness that overseas online voting experiments failed […]

Shenali D Waduge A child nurtured with virtue becomes a lamp to the world; a teacher who guides with wisdom lights the path of many.”— Dhammapada, Verse 183 The Buddha never saw education as passing exams or collecting certificates. Teaching was about shaping charater – imparting discipline, respect, moral clarity. A teacher who does this builds […]

Shenali D Waduge Contrary to narratives women were never thought inferior” – these are narratives that seek to demean women. Ancient cultures, civilizations and religions defined women as giving life, moral order, continuity and balance – all traits that are being diluted in the name of liberalism” and independence”.  Let us first look at what […]

Shenali D Waduge This is not a debate about technology. It is a record of decisions taken without consent. Sri Lanka’s digital education reforms are being presented to parents as inevitable, progressive, and already approved. They are not. This document traces — in strict chronological order — what was approved, what was not approved, what was implemented anyway, […]

Shenali D Waduge To:The Chairman and MembersElection Commission of Sri Lanka Subject: Objection to Calling for Premature Suggestions on Overseas Voting and Opposition to Granting Online Voting Rights to Sri Lankan Citizens Residing Abroad 1. Preliminary Objection – Process and Authority This is to formally object to the public advertisement issued calling for views and suggestions on […]

Shenali D. Waduge When people in one’s own town are in trouble and need to be saved from brutal torture and being burnt at the stake (a common practice of the Catholic Inquisition), it is morally indefensible for a supposedly public-spirited padre to travel to another region or country to save people in trouble there, while […]

by Shenali Waduge · 14th January 2026 Bottom line Planned Parenthood and IPPF are not educating our children. They are: CSE is a Trojan horse for foreign agendas — it is a direct threat to Sri Lankan children, families, society AND NATIONAL SECURITY. THIS IS WHY COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION MUST BE REJECTED AS PART OF EDUCATIONAL REFORMS FOR ALL […]

Shenali D Waduge In 2025, the New Zealand Ministry of Education removed the Relationships & Sexuality Education (RSE) guidelines from the curriculum framework. It took just 5 years to realize the damage. In 2020, schools were taught about relationships, gender, sexuality, consent, online media from years 0 to 13. RSE was New Zealand’s term for […]

Shenali D Waduge Across the world, Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) has NEVER entered school systems through transparent national debate or democratic approval. Instead, it has crept in quietly — rebranded under softer terms such as affective education,” anti-bullying,” inclusion,” and gender equality.” Italy is a textbook example of how this incremental, NGO-driven, externally influenced model unfolds — and why […]

Shenali D Waduge Even decades after the 1996/2006 amendments, the protections under Sections 365 and 365A remain crucial. Children continue to face sexual exploitation, grooming, and abuse, both offline and online, while even same-sex abuse victims still require clear legal pathways for justice. Narrowing or repealing these provisions would dismantle preventive tools, limit early police […]

Shenali Waduge Your Ladyships / Lordships, This submission seeks judicial guidance on distinguishing between legally binding treaty obligations and non-binding international policy frameworks operationalized in Sri Lanka’s gender-based violence programmes. The purpose of this submission is not to oppose international engagement, but to seek constitutional and legal clarity on the limits of non-binding international instruments […]

Shenali D Waduge It is crucial that we understand how a private sexual behavior that has lasted centuries suddenly became converted into a global political tool to reshape society, education, policy, medicine and population outcome.  STEP 1 — Reclassification (to create Legitimacy) ·      International medical bodies removed homosexuality from psychiatric classifications in which it had previously appeared, without new […]