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Continue reading →: Just Say Something
So much to say Yet no words to say them With so much feelings There is little to express It is a nightmare The worst for the humankind And so painful to bear In moments of abundant solitude The best is to keep shut It is the only thing known…
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Continue reading →: Maldives: girls becoming more of objects in the eyes of men
This morning I went from office to Hulhule ferry jetty in Male’ to take two of my nieces to the airport. They were to come from Villimale’ and take a taxi to the airport ferry jetty in front of the Post Building. They were to take the ferry leaving Villimale’…
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Continue reading →: MALDIVES: Bans minority political association, by law
Today the Maldives parliament passed a bill to restrict registration of political parties to be restricted to those who can enroll 10,000 members. This effectively bans the political factions who have been active in the politics of the nation, and silencing the voice of those who take the middle ground…
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Continue reading →: My Voice Counts
What a beautiful slogan it is! And indeed a meaningful and worthwhile one too. The Human Rights Day message of the Office of the Human Rights Commissioner for Human Rights of the UN reads, “Everybody has the right to have their voice heard and to have a role in making…
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Continue reading →: The drug addict with a story that is really convincing
This afternoon I bumped into a guy who came up to me and greeted me with Assalaamu Alaikum. I returned the greeting. He spoke to me by name and asked me whether I knew him. I told him that I was trying to recollect where we have met and who…
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Continue reading →: Attention Seeking Behavior
I am sitting here at the Maldives Islamic Bank. There is a gentleman sitting beside me who is on his third phone call since half an hour. He is speaking loud enough for everyone in the sitting area to hear. He is talking about his girlfriend, his wife and family,…
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Continue reading →: Luxury Living from taxpayer money for some while others are deprived of the basic health needs
It is very interesting! I am sitting here reading a news item on Sun Online (Dhivehi Edition) which says that the auditor general has said that the People’s Majlis Administration has spent 50,000.00 Rufiyaa toward four dependents of MPs who are not eligible for dependent’s health insurance. This means that…
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Continue reading →: Why the subject of so much hatred?
Why I am the subject of so much hatred? How can I change that? This is a thought that occured to my mind some time during the day today. It occured to me to write about it because it passed my mind a few times today. It was something that…
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Continue reading →: Life Beyond
Sitting on the beach Gazing at the stars and skies Wondering beyond There is a truth in the beauty The silver grey and blue Moving and mingling through The horizon beyond The beauty of nothingness The breeze that is gentle Yet so overwhelmingly smooth The simplicity beyond Inching toward the…
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Continue reading →: Unknown Truth
I wait and await The beauty of the moment Knowing and expecting The ultimate truth There is no going back The last but not the least It is the truth of the moment That we await in anticipation It will be full of joy And happiness of a new kind…
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Continue reading →: Violation of Article 30
Article 30 of the Maldives Constitution (Freedom to form political parties, associations and societies) states, QOUTE (a) Every citizen has the right to establish and to particpate in the activities of political parties. (b) Eveyone has the freedom to form associations and societies including the following: 1. the right to…
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Continue reading →: Expect Nothing
Expect Nothing Ask for nothing Hope for nothing Live the life you have Keep the Smile When there is one Leave the rest For the good of fate Destiny is a mystery With all good intentions Nature will do the rest When you leave it to fate The best feed…
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Continue reading →: Fear of Happiness in Abundance
This feeling of happiness That is so awesome So abundant and plentiful Yet so full of fear For happiness is a sin That has no cure In the eyes of the seer Who is unawares of the truth The truth is hidden Behind the scar of a Smile That is…
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Continue reading →: Plight of Teachers and Schools (2)
The school principal who spoke to me said that the school has not paid it’s electricity bill for the past several months, and that the electricity provider has threatened to disconnect the power supply. It is now very likely that the children will be forced to stay in the scorching…
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Continue reading →: Plight of Teachers and Schools in the Maldives
The other day a principal of a school called me up on the phone. The person was looking for me to facilitate a donation to buy computer systems for the school lab. The conversation dragged for ages, and it was about things that did not concern the donation in anyway.…
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Continue reading →: The Unthinkable
Out there There is abundance Abundance in the possibilities Possibilities that are never ending We are trapped Trapped in the shackles Shackles that bind us through Through our blind loyalties of now It is the unthinkable The unthinkable that will That will set us free from fear Fear that binds…
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Continue reading →: Drama of hope
I wish I could I wish I were I wish I had I wish I never Wishes for a future That would be bright Full of happiness and joy Void of fear and rejection The pain beneath The hurt of heart With a crippling numbness Designed to stabilize The mind…
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Continue reading →: Dream
I had a dream A beautiful dream Made in Heaven Wrapped with a Smile Warm and colorful Radiating with joy Passionate and irresistible Topped with sincerity I failed to notice The hallucination The fabricated truth Of a desirous mind Woken up From a deep sleep I Smile and cherish The…
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Continue reading →: The Forbidden Truth
There is a beauty In waiting and wanting And never giving up That heals the soul The heat of the moment The wrath of the mind In expecting the unthinkable The forbidden truth The rest is history Of the art on the wall For want of the undesirable The beauty…
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