Shenali D Waduge There is a reason why India is always stressing on India’s security interest when the issue of Sri Lanka emerges. It maybe now dawning on India, that it was foolishly roped into training Tamil militancy & allowing Tamil Nadu to be used as a logistics base. That India never trusted LTTE or […]

Shenali D Waduge Was Sri Lanka’s economic crisis precipitated by an externally planned course to incrementally result in outcome? This is a question Sri Lankans need to ask themselves. How far have Sri Lanka’s elected leaders, paid policy advisors failed to read the external threats & mitigate internal measures to address them, instead of blindly […]

Shenali D Waduge An interesting article by Caitlin Johnstone titled Robbing the Global South, then scorning its poverty: notes from the edge of the narrative matrix” gives much food for thought. She quotes Michael Parenti poor countries are not under-developed”…they are over-exploited”. She claims the poverty of the developing world is as a result of […]

Shenali D Waduge Land grabbing is taking place at national / regional & global scales. Large-scale land deals/transactions are taking place by transnational corporations or initiated by foreign governments. One of the major reasons for escalation of land grab is the global economic/political and dwindling resources tied to structural reforms promoted by IMF/WB & this […]

Shenali D Waduge It is estimated that 80,000 companies drive the 21st century economy. How far do they exert political & economic power over their own country-govts to influence foreign governments & how far does this impact the national security, national economy & welfare of citizens? Do MNCs abuse the poor in developing nations? MNCs employ […]

Shenali D Waduge In 1992 a paper was presented by a Working Group of the International Federation of Tamils in London. This paper cites a quote from the British Colonial Secretary in June 1799 to the UK Government while Robert Brownrigg the Governor of Ceylon refered to Tamil as Malabar Language. Clearly both ethnicity & […]

Shenali D Waduge How many would agree that the views of Tamils in Sri Lanka has been hijacked by parties like ITAK & its umbrella group TNA? With 2.2million registered Tamils (of which many are registered but living overseas) why is it that the TNA/ITKA hardly get even 1/3 of their vote? Can ITAK & […]

Shenali D Waduge India’s intel chief is to arrive in Sri Lanka for talks with the President. Top on the agenda should be 13a but not to canvass for its implementation, but to discuss the dangers that underlie its implementation for Sri Lanka, India & entire South Asia. In 2021, 4 actions by US raised […]

Shenali D Waduge US Congress funded NED-the 2nd CIA of America’s Sri Lanka sponsored Verite Research asks how Sri Lanka’s media covered LTTE’s Maaveerar Naal commemorations. Interesting that US-NED & Verite are bothered to know how terrorists are commemorated. Do they cover commemorations of Al Qaeda & associates? This leads us to ask, who is commemorating […]

Shenali D Waduge It is predicted that by 2025, over 5billion of the worlds population will not be able to access fresh drinking water. The population has hit 8billion already. 2025 is just 3 years away. Water is the oil of the future. Governments must realize that the flurry to privatize water” is nothing but […]

Shenali D Waduge On 21st November 2022 a handful of teachers & principals arrived wearing casual clothing instead of sarees. Ceylon Teachers Union (representing over 50,000 teachers) VP Rasika Handapangoda claims there have been social media campaigns encouraging teachers to replace the saree. This is a clue as to the mischief at play and provides answers […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka has 4 land registers & successive governments continue to pass amendments without passing 2 simple insertions that would protect land owners & their lands including State land. Whether this is being done intentionally or on the advice of advisors or ignoring advice is something the legislature needs to answer. Land […]

Shenali D Waduge It is very clear that the drama over dual citizenship came with ulterior motive to initially prevent Gotabaya Rajapakse from contesting Presidential Elections. This was why the 19a was hurriedly passed in March 2015 which eventually led to Gotabaya Rajapakse having to renounce his American citizenship to contest Presidential Election. A faux […]

Shenali D Waduge India is the world’s 2nd largest populated country with 1.38billion people. India comprises 28 states and 8 union territories. Tamil Nadu is just one of the 28 states. Tamil Nadu is the 6th largest state in India with 72million people but accounts for just 5.9% of the entire Indian population. Haryana which is the 18thlargest state […]

Shenali D Waduge We gained nominal independence in 1948. Nominal, because the Queen remained Head of State & UK Privy Council was the Highest Court inspite of being called ‘independent’. Hardly, 10 years into post-independence, a prime minister was assassinated, after the 1st prime minister accidentally fell to his death. But we also produced the world’s […]

Shenali D Waduge Divide & Rule was a key component of colonial rule. Illegally taking over lands and territories, planting fictitious history, infesting minds with hate and violence is part of a legacy that continues unabated. Sadly, historians have failed to take these false claims and nullify them. They have been silenced by political correctness”. […]

Shenali D Waduge Study Circle Legal team points out that ‘Bim Saviya’ is an economic burden to the GoSL The Government, and the Central Bank of Sri lanka (CBSL) must rethink before investing foreign funds on a programme that has failed, and will require over 50 years to complete.  The article ‘Bim Saviya’ Title Registration […]

BY Shenali D. Waduge This article pertains to an open letter addressed to the Additional Secretary to the Ministry of Lands by three attorneys-at-law – Mahinda Ellepola, Elmo Perera, and Nihal Pieris – on 12 April 1998, titled Registration process to be expedited? Really?”  Their open letter was penned after reading a news item titled […]

Shenali D Waduge The statement by the Chinese foreign affairs spokesperson is poignant & relevant to Sri Lanka as well this is a victory for developing countries & a victory for truth & justice…. Human rights must not be used as a pretext to make up lies & interfere in other countries internal affairs or to […]

Shenali D Waduge The UNHRC comprises 47 member states. The UNHRC members are elected by the General Assembly for 3 years. The UN General Assembly comprises 193 Member States of which Sri Lanka is one. Sri Lanka is not a MEMBER of UNHRC. Sri Lanka is merely an OBSERVER state.As Sri Lanka is not a member, Sri […]

Shenali D Waduge Israeli campaign in Germany blocks award to Navi Pillay” by Barbara Crossette is of particular interest to Sri Lanka for several reasons. It shows how powerful nations like Israel can exert diplomatic power & remove an award, while it also highlights how less powerful nations like Sri Lanka face the brunt of […]

Shenali D Waduge It is sad that western diplomats and the UN/UNHRC take pains to insist that the GoSL allow pro-LTTE groups to commemorate LTTE Dead as ‘civilian’ dead’ but totally ignore to even issue a single statement about the children LTTE kidnapped, turned into child soldiers and even trained to commit suicide. Why has […]

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Shenali D Waduge Dravida Nadu was a Christian Missionary movement & Tamil Eelam is possibly too. How India got wrangled to train & arm LTTE in a project initially rooted by the Church is a puzzle and something for India to think about. However, while LTTE remains banned by Watching the pomp and pageantry & […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka has landed in trouble due to bad advice and silly policy decisions. We already have a Lessons Learned & Reconciliation Commission. We have had 3 successive UNHRC Resolutions. We have faced an UNHRC investigation. So far, while we have been accused of killing 40,000 upto 200,000 Tamils, no names, no […]

Shenali D Waduge The US has been delivering democracy, liberating people, fighting for freedoms, carrying out coloured revolutions & regime change for centuries. What if, back home they have been ignoring their own problems. We have watched American envoys at UN promote self-determination, separate homeland & rights of people – what if black Americans decide […]

Shenali D Waduge Given that UN-US-India & other nations including the Church are asking for Truth & Accountability, are they prepared to own up to some hard truths? The citizens of Sri Lanka all know these facts. No country that had anything to do with LTTE or helped LTTE can be allowed to determine Sri […]

Shenali D Waduge It’s now 13 years since LTTE was defeated. Let’s cut to the chase & put on the table the reason why Sri Lanka is still grappling to close the witch hunt taking place smearing the good name of the Nation & its Armed Forces. The fault lies entirely with the Foreign Policy […]

Shenali D Waduge An interesting aspect of the recent protests in Sri Lanka was the open participation of some members of the legal fraternity chanting slogans and even protesting against corruptions. People can bewail corruption because they are in no position to take action other than protest, can this be said of lawyers? People who […]

Shenali D Waduge The Island published an excellent article by attorney Dharshan Weerasekera titled Legal implications of Aragalaya protests” which was a stark contrast to the position taken by some BASL attorneys including its President. The article brings to the forefront a clash of perceptions. While some regard protestors storming the Presidents House/Secretariat, Temple Trees & PM’s […]