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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The fall of a hero
Shenali Waduge The outcome was nothing unexpected at best it was a test to see how the President of Sri Lanka was able to withstand further pressures both national &…
The Kandyan Convention and the legality of the Royal Proclamation and Constitutions enacted thereafter?
Dr. Sudath Gunasekara. (SLAS) and President Senior Citizens Movement Mahanuwara 20. Sept. 2010.The constitution is supposed to be the most sacred document that guaranties good governance in any country. It…
Traffic mess and congestion in Kandy
Dr Sudath Gunasekara (SLAS) President Senior Citizens Movement Mahanuwara The facility of smooth traffic movement is an ornament as well as an asset to any city. Providing this facility is…
How legitimate are the recommendations of the “Elders?
Shenali Waduge A former presidential spokesman has forwarded a list of recommendations given in a statement issued on 3rd August 2010 by he Elders calling upon the Governments of India,…
Is the Govt. ‘trying to change’ demography in the North and the East,
Sudath Gunasekara (PhD, SLAS) President Mahanuwara Senior Citizens Movement 5.8.2010. I reproduce below a news item that appeared in the BBC on 2nd August 2010 Govt. ‘trying to change’ demography–…
An Expert Panel needs to first investigate effectiveness of UN
shenali waduge Sixty years ago, the United Nations was founded to maintain international peace and security, promote basic human rights, and protect fundamental freedoms. Sixty years on, its acronym UN…
When the Kapuwa shits inside the Devale what happens to its sanctity?And “Wetath niyarath goyam ka nam kata pavasan ehi amaruwa
Dr Sudath Gunasekara (SLAS) President Senior Citizens Movement Mahanuwara I am, though reluctantly, writing these few lines for what ever it worth, (of cause in good intention yearning for good…
When will India stops interfering with the internal affairs of Sri Lanka?
Sudath Gunasekara PhD. (S.L A. S). President Senior Citizens Movement .Mahnuwara 15.July 2010 I reproduce below a news report by a special correspondent that appeared in the Hindu of 18th…