It was the most difficult ‘state of existence’ yet, among my closest colleagues during days through the campaign and on the day of referendum due to differences of political beliefs between me and them. I have believed from the beginning that presidential system is the most suitable one for the Maldives and voting to that […]
Entries Tagged as 'gratitude:of:a:son'
People did cane on the buttock of political elite; will they learn the lesson?
August 20th, 2007 · 12 Comments
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Are we careful enough about not to go dependant’?
July 29th, 2007 · 6 Comments
Maldives just celebrated Independence Day. Of the many contexts the idea of ‘independence’ gets discussed, one is to contrast with ‘hegemony, the indirect control of one nation by another, more powerful nation. I do not have an idea, I presume no do you know whether we the Maldives are politically under such pressure from any other […]
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Pee; the liquid line with worrisome implications
July 15th, 2007 · 6 Comments
It wasn’t a problem to screw three holes on a taro leaf in one go of peeing when we were teenagers. Back then the pressure and speed was enormous. It looks though with adulthood and maturity the power of peeing is not to be sought in the pressure you can exert but in the tactical […]
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have we come up with the first sentence of the constitution, yet?
May 21st, 2007 · 5 Comments
Britain does not have a written constitution! Then, one should wonder what the fuss is that we are entangled with, here in the Maldives, which is called ‘the process of amending constitution’. The British constitution consists of custom and tradition, laws dealing with the fundamentals of government, and some court decisions. Don’t different parties and […]
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