Shenali D Waduge If there is any person whose life is under threat it is that of the former President, not Chandrika Bandaranaike but Mahinda Rajapakse. If there is another person under similar threat it is Gotabaya Rajapakse. The public have every right to be concerned. LTTE ruled throughout presidencies of 4 Presidents and it […]

Shenali D Waduge  There is an ongoing case filed by a petitioner who claims the ITAK constitution’s aims and objectives seeks a confederation to eventually separate. It is an invaluable and important case. Chief Minister Wigneswaran in an interview to an Indian newspaper says TNA wishes for ‘self-rule’ citing the Tamils are the majority in […]

Shenali D Waduge  Rajapakse is not Sri Lanka and Sri Lanka is not Rajapakse. No Government can function on the foundation that it is in power to bring justice against the Rajapakses. It is a ludicrous idea and objective. The citizens expect far more than this from a government elected to office. The reality of […]

Shenali D Waduge Prabakaran was never employed. He formed his first militant group at the age of 18. His first killing was when he was 21 years. How can a man who has never had a job pay for sophisticated arms, ammunition and be able to fund a movement of terror unless he had assistance. […]

Shenali D Waduge Thiruketheeswaram Temple is located in Mannar and one of the most ancient Hindu temples in the island. Both Hinduism and Buddhism are dharmic religions and one key distinguishing factor has been the reverence for the cow by both Buddhists and Hindus. It has recently emerged that 9 cows out of over 40 […]

Shenali D Waduge Prabakaran was made in India and so was the LTTE and all other Tamil militant groups too. That’s a fact. India created Prabakaran the LTTE leader not for him to help Tamils realize their dream of a homeland but to shoulder India’s headache from Tamil Nadu while destabalizing Sri Lanka until India […]

Shenali D Waduge  A few days ago the Wattala Jogging Track was destroyed by orders of the Yahapalana Government. This track was created at an expense of 6.5million of taxpayer’s money by the previous government. Whatever differences political parties and politicians have with each other the comforts made available to the people using tax payers […]

Shenali D Waduge One Kathiravel Thayapararaja was said to have been tortured and killed by the Sri Lankan Security forces on 13th September 2009. The first to publicize the ‘death’ was a pro-LTTE website ‘Vanni Tech Director Thayaparan was killed by Sinhala Nazis’(24 September 2009), then on 13th December 2009 University Teachers for Human Rights […]

Shenali D Waduge I have come to share the view of the Sinhalese hard-liners that the Tamil ethnic problem cannot be solved through devolution…..I now share their view that going beyond 13A ….by giving police and land powers will only aggravate the ethnic problem not solve it” so says Izeth Hussain who has for years […]

Shenali D. Waduge    This is a response to Charitha P de Silva’s Letters to the Editor, Sunday Times of 20th March 2016. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160320/plus/letters-2-186884.html   Charitha P. de Silva ‘s rabble-rousing letter reveals a mindset similar to that of aggressive Christian Missionaries who went around the world hand in glove with invading European Conquistadors on […]

Shenali D Waduge when missionaries came we had the land, they had the Bible. We closed our eyes for prayer and opened them, only to find they had the land and we had the Bible”. –Desmond Tutu Tamil leaders claim they represent the rights & grievances of the Tamils. Muslim leaders do the same. Religions […]

Shenali D Waduge  Barretts World Christian Encyclopaedia claims there Christianity consists of 6 major ecclesiastico-cultural blocs, divided into 300 major ecclesiastical traditions having 33,000 distinct denominations in 238 countries. These denominations comprise over 3.4million worship centres, churches and congregations. 33,000 denominations or more is unbelievable. Most Christians/Catholics must not be aware of this number or […]

Shenali D Waduge Leaving aside questioning why UN chose not to investigate Sri Lanka’s terror for 30 years but decided to do so only after LTTE leader and ground force was vanquished. We need to remind the UN that 2 investigations have already been held under the auspices of the UN. The first is plagued […]

Shenali D Waduge The Sinhalese need to wake up to some realities. For 30 years false propaganda won the day. Lies have been promoted over the years and paid adverts have pushed a plethora of falsehoods. There is little point in Sinhalese grumbling and laying claim to its land without letting the world know why […]

Shenali D Waduge How many would agree that imperialism hasn’t ended and it is found in what we know today as international law”? The stark reality is that decolonization took place ONLY AFTER the former empires established another means of retaining control – that mode was international law. International law propagated by the West is […]

Shenali D Waduge People’s knowledge of the world before and after early 1500s is blurred because those holding the reins wish to inculcate a warped version of history written by them to be accepted by all. The histories, cultures & traditions, ancient tribes, native laws and how society was then governed have either been wiped […]

Shenali D Waduge What does a political party do when it doesn’t have the support of the majority populace and those that voted for them begin to realize their mistake and resolve not to repeat it and the only way to stay in power is to change the constitution without going for an election? Answer […]

Shenali D Waduge There is nothing to be surprised when the UN & its heads denounce local mechanisms and laugh at our judiciary and poke fun of our judges. It’s a pity that same sadism does not extend to the more powerful nations who most often are the reasons why nations cannot end conflicts. Most […]

Shenali D Waduge A daily newspaper released an article Journalist tags Eknaligoda a fake” in late February 2016. The journalist making the allegation was Daily Mirror’s News Editor who said that in his 30 years of serving as a journalist he had never read a news item written by him, never seen him on a […]

Shenali D Waduge We are watching a miscarriage of justice unfold if we remain silent to the irregularities, illegalities, irreversible and irreparable damage likely to take place. Sri Lanka must not agree to any Tribunal that only covers 3 months or the last phase and ignores the whole period of the conflict. This is an […]

Shenali D Waduge  Robert Jackson, Chief US prosecutor & former US Attorney General said that the Nuremberg Trials were a continuation of the war effort of the Allied nations” how true is the same when the effort to separate Sri Lanka seems very much the goal now taking place through a new constitution for Sri […]

Shenali D Waduge Prior to January 2015 the propaganda was directed at ‘white van kidnappings’ but names of the kidnapped kept conveniently omitted. Fear psychosis propaganda sufficed. Lack of a police commission became the reason for all ills. Now even after the establishment of a police commission the citizens of Sri Lanka are awestruck by […]

Shenali D Waduge Racial discrimination is when a person is treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of their race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin or immigrant status. Indirect discrimination is when a rule or policy that should be the same for everyone is purposely unfair to a particular race, […]

Shenali D Waduge The question arises following a study that reveals Christianity influences the United Nations. This immediately takes us back to the age of discovery and the manner colonials together with Christian missionaries set out to ‘civilize’ the world by taking over all nations that were not Christian and called this mission the ‘white […]

Shenali D Waduge A penchant for prostrating before foreigners has become the bane of Sri Lanka’s leaders from politician to officials. However, there are protocols to be followed. Diplomats cannot poke their nose into the internal affairs of other nations. Diplomacy certainly has its savory moments. We recall Anura Bandaranaike then Tourism minister telling High […]

Shenali D Waduge When global powers are in the hands of Christian West and their media, human rights and other spokesmen come out in a chorus to say that Sri Lanka’s majority Sinhala Buddhists are the wrong doers, the world believes them without looking at the facts. For the majority Sinhala Buddhists to accept guilt […]

Shenali D Waduge Writing to Colonial Missionaries in 1883, King Leopold II of Belgium declared teach the niggers to forget their heroes and to adore only ours”. Is this same venture now taking place by attempting to remove the very old and rich history of Sri Lanka where attempts are afoot to remove the Sinhala […]

Shenali D Waduge  It did not happen that far back, exactly 131 years ago an entire continent was cut and divided between greedy Western nations without so much as asking the African tribes if they minded. This was their notion of making the black people ‘civilized’. We look back on how Africa’s nations & borders […]

Shenali D Waduge We should celebrate independence only if we function as an independent nation. There is little point throwing tamashas to celebrate independence if we are taking orders from foreign nations or running to them before making decisions or have to get their nod of approval to run the affairs of the country. We need to […]

Shenali D Waduge  It was no easy task to end 30 years of terrorism by a terrorist outfit created by India which happily became a surrogate-proxy to the West’s geopolitical plan and an entity of convenience for the livelihoods of many from politician to local/foreign players. Those that said the war was unwinnable and promoted […]