Making sense of Sri Lanka’s crisis & predicting the outcome
by Shenali Waduge · 18th April 2022 Where do we start? How about the US-engineered regime change in 2015. It remains a puzzle why the engineers of the regime change…
Ron Nixon on US nurturing Arab Uprisings
Shenali Waduge · Published 18th April 2022 · Ron Nixon writing to the New York Times in April 2011 says that the US “democracy-building campaigns played a bigger role in…
Sri Lanka – People’s Protest – the planners behind the protests
by Shenali Waduge · Published 17th April 2022 In Sri Lanka a series of protests are taking place with central location set up in Galle Fact Green. The original grievances…
Sri Lanka’s Economic Crossroad – Scenarios to consider
by Shenali Waduge · 11th April 2022 We are all puzzled as to what is going on in Sri Lanka. The people want answers & deserve answers. For too long…
How great is the 19th amendment to Sri Lanka’s constitution
Shenali Waduge · 16th April 2022 There are increased calls to return to the 19th amendment, little do they know the confusions & contradictions that prevails an amendment presented as…
Open Letter to all the Buddhism Bashing Protestors & their Organisers
by Shenali Waduge · Published 11th April 2022 There is a saying that one’s freedoms and rights stop the moment another’s freedoms and rights are hindered. The recent public protests,…
PROPOSAL for a NEW POLITICAL SYSTEM for SRI LANKA
by Shenali Waduge · Published 10th April 2022 Sri Lanka is facing a decisive period in its democratic history. It requires all to relook at how government & governance is…
Pressure Sri Lanka’s Parliament to bring immediate Legislative changes
by Shenali Waduge · 8th April 2022 This is the first time in history that Sri Lanka’s citizens have risen to demand its representatives including the President leave office if…
Rioters vs Protestors vs Political Protests – where do we draw the line?
by Shenali Waduge · 6th April 2022 On 31st March 2022 people gathered outside the President’s residence appealing for a solution to the economic crisis prevailing across the country. This…
Curb Corruption in Sri Lanka: Action against Secretaries/Public Officials & Advisors
by Shenali Waduge · 6th April 2022 The subject of “corruption” is taking prominence throughout the recent protests taking place in Sri Lanka. This has led to the people claiming…
Public Protests, Rajapakse Rule & Indo-US manipulations
Sri Lanka is experiencing an unprecedent state of events. Taken as a whole, there is much to analyze. Sri Lanka has seen governance pass from one colored party to another.…
Scrap the 29 Member National List – Violation of People’s Franchise
29 People enter Parliament without contesting elections & without the franchise of the People. This negates the principle of parliamentary democracy where the will of the People has been digressed…
5 year Austerity Plan under Caretaker Team of Experts
After 74 years of independence & 40 General Elections since 1947 (1stParliament) & 7 Presidents since 1978, the erosion of governance is no understatement. Every election people vote with much…
Sri Lanka People’s Protests & Looming Arab Spring
Sri Lanka is faced with an economic crisis. The people are facing many economic & cost of living difficulties. The people blame the government for keeping them in the dark…
LTTE Diaspora & Sri Lanka’s Economy & Balkanizing India
This news is upsetting for several reasons as there are many Sri Lankans who selflessly defended the nation with their own funding in the halls of Geneva against the lying…
Why Indian troops should never return to Sri Lanka
Inbox It was the first time India had sent its troops beyond the seas to Sri Lanka in July 1987 to engage the very militants India had trained, armed &…
Sri Lanka’s Development marred by Foreign Interventions & Incursions
Sri Lanka gained partial independence in 1948 since the Queen/King remained Head of State and the highest court was the UK Privy Council. This meant that from 1948 to 1972…
Who thinks IMF can bail out Sri Lanka?
by Shenali Waduge Sri Lanka is $35billion in debt. It is a debt that did not happen overnight. It is a debt that IMF will not solve & cannot solve.…
Sri Lanka – Economic Advisors & Foreign Loans
If we judge Sri Lanka’s economic development vis a vis the western loans & expert economic advisors our story is quite bleak. We have had countless economic gurus claiming to…