Numb
| DATE: 2007-07-14
by Aishath Shaheen
I first saw her when I was 14 years old. My mother had just died after a prolong battle with cancer. It had been inevitable and I had found myself bracing for it but when she finally died I didn’t cry for a whole week. But then the shock and numbness faded... and I cried. I..[Full Story]
My Mother...
| DATE: 2007-05-22
by Zahira H. Didi
My mother sat in her corner bent over her sewing. Her spectacles kept slipping over her nose, I stared at her impatiently and wanted to grab the stupid thing and throw it into the dustbin, but I knew that neither my mother nor I could afford to have this luxury…of throwing out..[Full Story]
Punishing the Prankster
| DATE: 2007-05-01
by Zahira H. Didi
It had started out as a dare; just a childish prank. All what he, Ishan, had to do was to break a rotten egg on the pavement outside Mr. Mohamed’s house. Now, Mr. Mohamed was the character who lived in the last house, down Reethi Goalhi (Reethi Goalhi lived up to its name,..[Full Story]
2007-07-14
2007-05-22
| DATE: 2007-07-14
by Aishath Shaheen
I first saw her when I was 14 years old. My mother had just died after a prolong battle with cancer. It had been inevitable and I had found myself bracing for it but when she finally died I didn’t cry for a whole week. But then the shock and numbness faded... and I cried. I..[Full Story]
My Mother...
| DATE: 2007-05-22
by Zahira H. Didi
My mother sat in her corner bent over her sewing. Her spectacles kept slipping over her nose, I stared at her impatiently and wanted to grab the stupid thing and throw it into the dustbin, but I knew that neither my mother nor I could afford to have this luxury…of throwing out..[Full Story]
Punishing the Prankster
| DATE: 2007-05-01
by Zahira H. Didi
It had started out as a dare; just a childish prank. All what he, Ishan, had to do was to break a rotten egg on the pavement outside Mr. Mohamed’s house. Now, Mr. Mohamed was the character who lived in the last house, down Reethi Goalhi (Reethi Goalhi lived up to its name,..[Full Story]
2007-07-14
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