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           ތޯމަސް އަލްވާ އެޑިސަންއަކީ އެމެރިކާއަށް ނިސްބަތްވި މަޝްހޫރު އީޖާދުވެރިއެކެވެ. އޭނާ އީޖާދުކުރި އެއްޗެހި ބައިވަރެވެ. "ފޯނޯގްރާފް"އާއި "މޯޝަން ކެމެރާ" ވެސް އީޖާދުކުރީ އޭނާއެވެ. ތިޔަ ކުދީން ތަންތަން އަލިކުރަން ތިޔަ ދިއްލާ ބޮކި ވެސް އީޖާދުކުރީ އޭނާއެވެ. ބޮކި އީޖާދުކުރަން އޭނާ ކުރި މަސައްކަތުގެ ތެރޭގައި، އެކި ކަހަލަ މައުދަނުން ނަރު ހަދައިގެން ބޮކީގެ "ފިލަމެންޓް"ގެ ގޮތުގައި ބޭނުންކޮށްގެން، ބޮކި ދިއްލޭތޯ އޭނާ ވަރަށް ދުވަސްވާންދެން މަސައްކަތްކުރިއެވެ. އޭނާ ހިތްހަމަޖެހޭ ވަރުގެ އަލިކަމެއް ބޮކިން ލިބުނީ އެކަމަށްޓަކައި އެތައް ދުވަހެއް ވާންދެން ކުރި ބުރަ މަސައްކަތުންނެވެ. މި ކުރި މަސައްކަތުގައި ދެ ހާހެއްހައި މައުދަން ޓެސްޓުކުރެވުނު އިރު ވެސް، އޭގެ ތެރެއިން އެއްވެސް އެއްޗެއް އެހައި ރަނގަޅަކަށް މަސައްކަތެއް ނުކުރިއެވެ. ނަމަވެސް އޭނާ ފޫއްސެއް ނުވެއެވެ. މަސައްކަތް ހުއްޓައެއް ނުލައެވެ.              އެޑިސަން މި ގޮތުގައި މަސައްކަތްކުރަމުން ގެންދަނިކޮށް، އޭނާގެ އެހީތެރިޔާ ވަރުބަލިވެގެން، ފޫހިވެގެން، ޝަކުވާގެ ރާގުގައި ބުނިކަމަށްވެއެވެ. "މިއީ ދެން ކިހައި ދެރަ

‘God is Great!’ I think I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree; A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the sweet earth’s flowing breast A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may in summer wear A nest of robins in her hair; Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain. Poems are made by fools like me. But only God can make a tree.         - Unknown Author - My humble attempt towards the general meaning of the poem : I think I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. A tree has its ever hungry mouth (the roots) pressed against the earth for nourishment (just as a baby would press its mouth firmly against its mother’s breast). A tree looks up (as the branches protrude upwards to the sky) at God the whole day long and has its arms (the branches) lifted up to pray. When summer arrives, she (the tree) bears a nest of robins in her hair (again branches); the very bosom on which snow had lain the last w

I surely do not agree with the old Dhivehi saying (it could well have come from another language for all I know) that goes ‘Eh fulhah mathin fummaali bakari aneh fulhah mathin ves fummaalaane.’ (Meaning: A goat that jumped over one fence would do so over others) Well I would say that the goat would keep jumping over fences if they were all of inadequate height. What if the goat was placed behind a good fence high enough to keep it in? Would it still jump over? I would not think so. We use the saying negatively to imply that a person who had once broken a relationship, left a job etc, would do it again. But what do we even know about this person or what this person had gone through in the previous relationship or job? What if this person was put through hell then? Is this not equivalent to asking what if the goat was placed behind a good fence? Well, maybe we should think twice before putting such ideas in the textbooks of our school-children. Everything that has been h