Schooling in Sri Lanka & debate on extending school hours
Shenali Waduge It should come as no surprise when Sri Lanka politicians blurt out policies without much thought or without discussion & it is a main reason for most of…
America, fix your country before others!
Shenali Waduge While the US administrations take great efforts to dictate how countries should be run providing equal rights, human freedom to all, they have completely forgotten the state of…
The People of the West must stop the crimes been done by their Governments
Shenali Waduge It appears to be that while freedom is the catchword that is gaining momentum across the Middle East, Africa & will soon be coming to Asia, the public…
Why does US ignore human rights violations in Saudi Arabia
Shenali Waduge We all welcome international calls for equality, for freedom of speech, for good governance minus corruption. We all abhor arbitrary arrests, extra judicial killings, incommunicado detentions, restrictions on…
Power of mass protests & Western Strategy
Shenali Waduge Countries of the Middle East have taken center stage. Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria, Jordan, Yemen, Morooco, Bahrain, Syria & Libya are said to be facing uprising and we are…
Protecting Buddhism in Sri Lanka
Shenali Waduge If Sri Lanka feels the need to protect & preserve Buddhism, it translates to mean that there are challenges that need to be overcome & issues that need…
Western Strategy: Eventually turning their heroes into zeros on the ticket of democracy
Shenali Waduge The premise that there are no permanent friends but permanent interests should be remembered by all politicians in dealing with powerful nations whose aspirations has & will always…
Difference in the aspirations of the Tamil Diaspora & Tamils in Sri Lanka
Shenali Waduge For May 2011, it will be two years since the annihilation of the terrorist movement LTTE & its leaderships. It is no secret that a large number of…
Is there a connection in the opening of the Indian consulate & violence in Jaffna
Shenali Waduge In May 2009, Sri Lanka did what the world said it was impossible to do. For the first time in modern military history, a terrorist movement was militarily…
A reply to pseudonym Paul George….
Shenali Waduge I do not usually reply to mails that has no substance but when those siding with the LTTE especially those writing under western pseudonyms continue to speak on…
What has Hindi-dominated India given Tamils?
Shenali Waduge 17% of the world population lives in India which has a population of over 1.18billion. Over 41% (422,048,642) of the Indian population speak Hindi while Tamil is spoken…
The truth & lies of life in Post-War Jaffna
Shenali Waduge My first impressions of post-war Jaffna peninsula was certainly not how it was made out to be by both western and local media, missing too was the horrific…
What the Tigers failed to get by the bullet the TNA is now trying to achieve by hypocrisy and deceitful means.
Dr Sudath Gunasekara 13.12.2010. D.B.S.Jeyaraj writing to dbsjeyaraj.com on December 10th, 2010 under the caption”President Rajapaksa initiates political dialogue with TNA has revealed the following information. He says that there…
Submission to the Lessons Learnt & Reconciliation Commission, by Dr Sudath Gunasekara.
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. Hanthana Pedesa, Mahanuwara . The Secretary,The Lessons Learnt Reconciliation Commission,The Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations Studies,Horton Place,Colombo – 07,Sri Lanka.2nd Dec. 2010 Sir, I do not…
True Friend Pakistan : Visa on arrival
Shenali Waduge While India in post-war Sri Lanka is bending its back to make us Sri Lankan’s believe India was all the while helping us to eradicate terrorism, it is…
A Statue to Commemorate Mrs Bandaranaike.The most illustrious Lady of our time
Dr Sudath Gunasekara. One time Secretary to Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranaike. 10.12.2010. Every one knows that Mrs Sirimavo Bandaranayaike was the first woman Prime Minister in the world. No one can…
The most cardinal thing about Rev. Cardinal Malcolm Ranjit representations made to the LLRC Commission
Dr. Sudath Gunasekara 5.11.2010. Reading through what was said by Cardinal Malcolm Ranjit before the LLRC few days back I got the feeling that the LTTE machinery is still not…
What Sri Lankan university students should remember at all times (Updated)
Shenali Waduge When less than 23,000 students are eligible for higher studies in the 15 state universities in Sri Lanka one would expect these students to not only value their…
Protecting the nation from our own
Shenali Waduge A virtually divided nation was liberated after almost 3 decades in May 2009. However, a series of incidents continues to divide the nation when the next mission should…