Shenali D Waduge A much-looked forward to interview was aired. Prior to delving into the details of the interview, it was clear by the panelists & a quick look at the audience that the interview was not only well planned but questions were also well prepared & RanilW was unknowingly entering the tigers den.  All […]

Shenali D Waduge US funding for GoSL entities & Civil Society 2015 to present  Click to open list With artificial intelligence” now becoming the buzzword, citizens should utilize it to gather information while knowing that it is not completely correct. It is an entity giving us information that is in public domain cutting time spent […]

Shenali Waduge තිස්ස විහාරය : ජාතිවාදීන් වන්නේ ගජෙන්ද්‍රකුමර් පොන්නම්බලම් හා ඔහුගේ සියා හා පියා මිස – සිංහලයන් නොවේ ගජෙන්ද්‍රකුමර් පොන්නම්බලම් යනු ජි ජි පොන්නම්බලම්ගේ (G G Ponnambalam) මුනුබුරාය, කුමාර් පොන්නම්බලම්ගේ (Kumar Ponnambalam) පුතාය. සමස්ත ලංකා දෙමළ කොංග්‍රසය අගෝස්තු 29, 1944 පිහිටවන ලදී. නිදහස දීමට පෙර 50-50 ඉල්ලු ජි ජි පොන්නම්බලම්, එය බ්‍රිතාන්‍යසෝල්බරි කොමිසම (Soulbury Commission) […]

Shenali Waduge On 6 February 2025 abusing parliamentary privileges Gajendra Ponnambalam representing the TNPF eloquently uttered falsehoods while Parliament sat & listened primarily due to their own ignorance of history & facts. Leaving aside the string of falsehoods that were uttered, not one MP chose to even interrupt & defend the Sinhalese against the charge […]

Shenali Waduge US agencies partnering Sri Lanka Ministries Statutory Bodies & Corporations USAID & Ministries: ·      Ministry of Finance: economic reforms, fiscal management, and public financial management. ·      Ministry of Justice: legal reforms, strengthening the rule of law, and promoting access to justice. ·      Ministry of Education: education reforms and improving educational quality. ·      Ministry of Health: healthcare delivery and public health programs, HIV/AIDS and other diseases. ·      Ministry of Environment: environmental protection and addressing climate change issues. ·      Ministry […]

Shenali D Waduge The 2022 aragalaya was led on the premise that the Rajapakse’s were responsible for Sri Lanka’s economic crisis. That revolt” led by Cardinal & heads of the Church was responsible for tax payers coughing up Rs.1.22billion in damages to 43 politicians who had their homes, vehicles & property destroyed. This excludes the […]

Shenali D Waduge The scale of corruption in the US by USAID wasting public funds for nefarious activities across the world has to be investigated & held to account. $15m for condoms to the Taliban via USAID /  $446,700 to promote atheism in Nepal, $1m for LGBTQ groups in West & Central Africa, $20,600 for […]

Shenali D Waduge When people converge with banners & posters, automatically it is viewed as a protest. On 21st January 2025, a large group of people gathered outside the US Embassy Colombo to present a letter to President Donald Trump. They held posters & banners, but they came not to protest & their smiling faces conveyed […]

Shenali D Waduge They are known as defenders of the Nation for a reason. They are known as sons & daughters of the soil for a reason. They are one of the 2 key pillars of the Nation for a reason (the other pillar being the Buddha Sasana). They are the first to come forward […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka cannot continue to endure rantings every time there is an Indian election or allow continuous illegal fishing & raping of Sri Lanka’s marine eco-system. Sri Lanka cannot ignore the livelihoods of Sri Lankan fisher community & allow illegal fishing as humanitarian” & more importantly allow the usage of internationally banned […]

Shenali D Waduge Does Anura Kumara Disanayake have a vision for the Nation. Did those who voted, vote because they thought he had a vision for the Nation? Is JVP really the Marxist” party it labels itself to be? These questions, can be answered in the actions and people are beginning to have their apprehensions. […]

Shenali D Waduge We often hear Indian leaders pressurizing Sri Lankan leaders that Sri Lanka’s foreign policy must ensure the security interests of India. At no point in time has Sri Lanka ever thought or even planned to threaten India in any way. In fact, it has been none other than India who has compromised […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka’s former High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda is pushing for the full implementation of the Indo-Lanka Agreement, an agreement that was signed under virtual duress in 1987 after India secretly trained & armed Tamil militants & they began unleashing terror after hijacking the elite Tamil politician’s quest to create a […]

Shenali D Waduge Undoubtedly a global reset is taking place. The sudden changes we are witnessing in 2024 will accelerate in 2025. India must be viewing the fall of Syria with concern, coming months after the fall of Bangladesh, the sudden Marshall Law declared in South Korea and everyone now wonder which nation is next. […]

Shenali D Waduge The Age of Discovery was committed during times when there were no international laws. Those who eventually wrote the international laws were the perpetrators & violators of territories & committed insidious crimes that under their own terminologies constituted crimes against humanity, war crimes & genocide. None of these crimes that took place […]

Shenali D Waduge With every government, the separatists have managed to continue their roadmap successfully. Inspite of this, the election results of the North saw a significant rejection of parties that had been mooting separatism & ethnic tensions though essentially the Tamil populace have had little or no opportunity to raise their voice accept to […]

ෂෙනාලි වඩුගේ දෙමළ ජනතාව බෙදුම්වාදය ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කර ඇති බව දෙමළ ජාතික සන්ධානයට ලැබූ ඡන්ද වලින් හා එම සන්ධානයේ ප්‍රමුක තැනක්ලැබූ සුමන්තිරන්ව උතුරු ජනතාව ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කර බව පැහැදිලිව දක්නට ලැබුණි. දෙමල ජනතාවගේ ඡන්දය කොතරම් දුරට බාහිරබලපෑම් වලට භාජනය වූ බව පසුව අපට තේරුම් ගත හැක. 2010 ජනාධිපති ඡන්දයට ඉන්දියාවේ බලපෑම් නිසා සරත් ෆොන්සේකා හිටපුහමුදාපතිටත්, 2015 දී […]

Shenali D Waduge Isn’t it puzzling to see scores of Tamils living in Canada, UK, Europe & mostly Western nations holding colorful placards, braving winter weather, screaming Eelam” with heavy foreign accents and if we didn’t know any better, we may think they were demanding something from where they were located. But, all this anguish […]

Shenali D Waduge With Tamil populace rejected separatism & the politicians that advocated separatism while LTTE overseas fronts are sending letters continuing the same separatist/racist demands, it is interesting to see the action that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake would take given that LTTE remains banned not only in Sri Lanka but across the world as […]

Shenali D Waduge In an unprecedented & unexpected vote, Northern Tamils not only have voted for a predominantly Sinhala party but have rejected the Tamil politicians who have claimed to represent them over the years. This is not only a slap to Tamil political separatist quest but ushers a new beginning & opportunity for goodwill […]

Shenali D Waduge Parliamentary elections in recent years had never seen what resulted in nothing short of a tsunami on 14 November 2024. The silver lining was that virtually all of the old brigade who had entered parliament from different parties were voted out. A single party for the first time gained a majority in […]

Shenali D Waduge How far has India realistically played role of mediator other than acting out of self-interest, making the best for India out of relations with both US & Russia? In ordinary terms this would be referred to as double-dealing. If China & Turkey could come up with peace proposals why hasn’t India? Does […]

Shenali D Waduge Now that MP Udaya Gammanpila has made public the Imam Committee Report, it is poignant to return to September 2023, when Channel 4 first broadcasted its program. at 1105p.m. (SL time 0335a.m.). The Cardinal issued a 3page letter dated 6 September (hours after C4 release). Given that he appeared on the program, […]

Shenali D Waduge Sri Lanka managed to avert a disaster as a result of timely intel surveillance & prevented a likely massacre of Israeli tourists frequenting the Eastern Coast of Arugam Bay for surfing. The sudden targeting of Israeli’s in Sri Lanka had to have a reason beyond the excuses being floated. The actions of […]

Shenali D Waduge 269 people were killed on 19 April 2019 by 7 Islamic suicide bombers affiliated to National Thowheed Jamath who blasted 3 churches & 3 hotels. The dead included 37 foreign nationals & injured over 500. 135 people were arrested in connection with the attacks. In April 2021 (2 years after attack) Sri […]

Shenali D Waduge What is taking place under the guise of Easter Sunday is nothing but a repeat of the 2002 raid on the Millennium City Safe House in Athurugiriya goes down in history as one of the greatest betrayals. Just as Commission reports on the 2019 Easter Sunday massacre are being repeatedly rejected in […]

Shenali D Waduge The Upcountry Charter Several questions emerge as a result of the Extraordinary Gazette 2403/28 published on 25 September 2024 – just days after the appointment of a new President. Violation of EQUALITY” as clearly laid out in the Constitution of Sri Lanka. Why should the Malaiyaha Tamils from India be treated above […]

Shenali D Waduge One mass murder managed to send 3 President’s home & brought one President to power based on assurance given to deliver justice to the victims. While LTTE committed over 300 gruesome terror attacks over 30 years, these victims were never lucky to have 4 Presidential Commission reports & 1 Parliamentary Report. All […]

Shenali D. Waduge In Sri Lanka, there is no mythological version of the Ramayana. Raavan’s world was more than that https://www.outlookindia.com/national/in-sri-lanka-history-stakes-its-claim-over-the-raavan-myth This story was published as part of Outlook’s 21 October 2024 magazine issue titled ‘Raavan Leela’. To read more stories from the issue, click here The question arises: how did Indian mythology merge to turn […]

Shenali D Waduge If there is a constitutional provision claiming no dual citizens / foreign citizens can sit in Parliament, how is this provision to be honored or checked? The best & only way is for the Election Commission/Commissioner to ensure that they do not accept any nominations of those who are dual citizens. Such […]