Shenali D. Waduge Our mistake has always been to be in a hurry to copy and adopt what is not ours. Must we always imitate other countries? Just because the British had an anthem, or India was to have one did Sri Lanka also need to be in a hurry to have an anthem ignoring […]

Shenali D Waduge The OHCHR/UNHRC Head have used successive resolutions/reports and statements to claim that one Prageeth Ekneligoda a journalist and cartoonist had disappeared. A joint submission by NGO at the UPR in 2012 also claimed Prageeth to be a cartoonist and writer and many other human rights organizations have claimed the same. However, Daily […]

Shenali D Waduge What examples can be given to show that Tamils do not have equal rights in Sri Lanka? Obviously our governments have failed to answer this question by presenting examples to statistically show what minorities in Sri Lanka enjoy.    Those that are under the impression that Tamils do not enjoy rights constitutionally and […]

Right of Reply to Letter to the Editor, Sunday Times Shenali D. Waduge  This is a response to a Letter to the Editor, Sunday Times from Mr. Raymond Paranavitana titled ‘Mr. President, Mr. Prime Minister, that was a monumental step forward in building bridges’ published on 21st February 2016. http://www.sundaytimes.lk/160221/plus/letters-3-183459.html Mr. Paranavitana, a Sri Lankan […]

Shenali D Waduge  Some facts to think about Buddhism is the predominant religion in Sri Lanka. Yet there are other global religions with very powerful institutional backing like Christianity/Catholicism and Islam How can an unruly Parliament which is jumping from one party to another with no sense of ethics or morals change Theravada Vinaya rules […]

Shenali D. Waduge Jaffna was a kinglet subject to the Kandyan Kingdom: Military expedition under Mudaliar Attapattu despatched by Kandyan King Senerath to defend Jaffna Tamils from Portuguese conquest in 1619 is further evidence Why would the Kandyan King Senarath dispatch a military expeditionary force under Mudaliar Attapattu to defend the Tamils against the Portuguese […]

Shenali D Waduge LTTE’s terror was first unleashed on innocent border villages and since over 30 years, every month, every year the LTTE has been attacking innocent people. Where was the UN/INGOs/NGOs and the world before 2009? If true accountability is to prevail the UN is duty-bound to ensure that we are provided answers. We […]

Shenali D Waduge The IMF was created at a conference in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire in 1944. IMF is accountable only to the 188 countries that compose the IMF. IMF’s role is a conduit to bail out countries dishing out loan packages tied to strict conditions (known as structural adjustment programs rechristened of Poverty Reduction […]

Shenali D. Waduge  The time has come to raise the bar on accountability. Reconciliation cannot occur to knee-jerks nor can it close the eyes to over 450 years of persecution and discrimination meted out mostly to the Sinhala Buddhists of Sri Lanka. Crimes against humanity and destruction of deep seated Buddhist civilizations cannot be subject […]

Shenali D Waduge  The word reconciliation has become quite effective of late. Use the word with any statement and it gets the nod of international approval. However, before people get carried away there is need to make some matters clear. Reconciliation must bring people together and not be used as a bogey to create a […]

Shenali D Waduge  There is much ado about Sinhalese denying the status for Tamil post-independence. The better question is, did Tamil language have any official status from 1832 to 1948 to warrant a grievance? Was Tamil used at all in an official capacity during British rule? No. If Tamils were never officially enjoying the use […]

Shenali D Waduge The best example to showcase US, UK & UN complicity to a murderous guerrilla force is the case of Cambodia’s Pol Pot and his Khmer Rouge. In Sri Lanka, the elite circles love to praise the West. Obviously they have not heard of Cambodia’s Pol Pot or the Khmer Rouge. In the […]

Shenali D Waduge Brad Adams of Human Rights Watch has spoken. He says Mr. Fonseka’s appointment is a breach of trust for victims and families who believed in this government’s commitment to deliver justice for war crimes.” The election of 2010 just months after the elimination of the LTTE ground force and the manner that […]

Shenali D Waduge US President Obama, Hillary Clinton and the Heads of the US Armed Forces actually watched live while US Navy Seals killed enemy Osama bin Laden. The entire world lit crackers in jubilation. Just 1 attack was enough for Al Qaeda & Osama to be branded terrorists. UN Secretary General did not ask […]

Shenali D Waduge  A weekend newspaper brought the news of an 11 member Consultation Task Force to enforce provisions of the US-backed resolution which Sri Lanka co-sponsored in 2015. UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of Truth, Justice, Reparations and Guarantees of Non-recurrence, Pablo de Greiff is to arrive in Colombo next week. The names […]

Shenali D Waduge Winston Churchill said I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion” and that they were ‘breeding like rabbits’ so what did the British do, they transported them all over the world to be used as labor and to fester clashes under their famous divide and rule policy. No […]

 Shenali D Waduge Prince Zeid has come to Sri Lanka to point fingers and give orders. He is violating Article 2.7 of the UN Charter ‘United Nations has no authority to intervene in matters which are within the domestic jurisdiction of any State’. Why should the Government of Sri Lanka entertain such visits where UNHRC […]

Shenali D Waduge It’s time that we name and shame war criminals that have escaped justice because they are white and come from the West. Even President Obama’s Kenyan grandfather was imprisoned without trial, tortured and died under Churchill’s empire. Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin was even warned by Cabinet colleagues not to appoint Churchill because […]

Shenali D Waduge Before anyone forgets. It was not the Tamils that the Sri Lanka Military fought and defeated but a globally banned terrorist organization called the LTTE banned in 32 countries. This LTTE had open offices in London and elsewhere. This LTTE had LTTE fronts operating overseas who were providing material support. Nevertheless, somehow after […]

Shenali D Waduge The West has very little to say about its crimes and they are many and the victims run into millions. The West that is responsible for horrendous crimes across all the continents of the world escape justice and are never taken to the dock but the nations that have suffered because of […]

Shenali D Waduge  Sri Lanka is facing a very critical juncture of its history. Apart from a handful, the nation appears euthanized and incapable to understand that the nation is nearing the precipice and the collapse unlikely to be reversed. How aware or ready are we to subjugate our nation?  Danger in India’s incursion What […]

Shenali D Waduge There is no better time than now to look back and recall the traitors of Lanka. Just as a terrorist is a freedom fighter to some, even traitors are somebody’s hero. It was always a case of falling prey to foreigners or seeking the assistance of foreigners to remain in power. Kuveni […]

Shenali D Waduge The British ruled parts of Sri Lanka from 1796 and the whole of Sri Lanka from 1815 to 1948. Sri Lanka marks 4 February 1948 as its day of Independence. When our history is related by the very nations that occupied us or by twisted versions from their local clones the true […]

Shenali D Waduge  One of the distinguishable traits of former colonies is the manner that politics has come to be run by family dynasties with children continuing to be scions of their former colonial masters. Combined with the family name is the silent pact to govern the country in a manner that would please the […]

Shenali D Waduge First Published on  February 4th, 2015  The British ruled parts of Sri Lanka from 1796 and the whole of Sri Lanka from 1815 to 1948. Sri Lanka marks 4 February 1948 as its day of Independence. When our history is related by the very nations that occupied us or by twisted versions […]

Shenali D Waduge  The two forces that come forward to protect the nation not surprisingly originate from the Deep South and represent the rural masses. Majority of the Sangha and the members of the armed forces are Sinhala literate, from poor homes and possess all the ingredients that the Kolambians, who did not play any […]

Shenali D Waduge While foreign envoys and even clueless Sinhala politicians and Government officials are chirping reconciliation and drawing up reconciliation plans and proposals, the organizations that the GOSL recently de-proscribed have issued a joint statement commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Vaddukoddai Resolution passed on 14th May 1976 aiming to seek a separate homeland, […]

Shenali D Waduge  Of late foreign-funded petitions are seen highlighting cruelty against elephants in temples. These same petitions omit to lobby against ritual animal sacrifice or slaughter of animals nor do they wish to have any role in passing legislation on the Animal Welfare Bill. The hue and cry over injury to elephants omitting similar […]

Shenali D Waduge  When Gen. Fonseka failed in 2010, another candidate had to be selected for the 2015 Presidential election. That quest was outsourced to CBK who cherry-picked the most least-expected choice as President. To get rid of the Presidency, Maithripala Sirisena shook Sri Lanka with a well-funded Dharmic projection of the perfect leader for […]

Shenali D Waduge Of late much funding has gone to ridicule the Buddhists. They have also been referred to as ‘racists’ ‘extremists’ ‘terrorists’ ‘militants’ and even ‘clowns’. Obviously, some people are very annoyed with the teachings of Buddha. The urban dictionary describes fundamentalism as A person who takes their religion so literally and to such […]