MY RECENT POSTS
- Remembering Beslan
August 31, 2009 06:52PM - Books, books, but none
valuable
August 26, 2009 06:51PM - On joining India's security
grid
August 25, 2009 03:05PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “@JonathanInTelAviv
I
do not know what their demands
are with Maldives. But
they
ha…”
August 26, 2009 04:21AM - “Great system! Now I want
to move to Switzerland.”
August 25, 2009 03:48PM
Simon Shareef's Links
Remembering Beslan
Exactly 5 years ago on the 1st of September 2004, I watched, shell shocked and in horror as images of the terrible events taking place in the town of Beslan in North Ossetia unfolded. A group of armed terrorists surrounded a school and took hostage over 1,100 people, mostly women and… Read full post »
Books, books, but none valuable
This post about the lack of original educational or entertainment books in the native language of the Maldives. The language is called "Dhivehi".
Walk into any local bookstore, make your way to the Dhivehi language books section and if you are like me you’ll be thoroughly disappointed./
… Read full post »This post is about the controversy and the false alarms raised by some regarding a military security agreement between India and and its neighbour the Maldives.
By signing an agreement to be part of India's security "grid" we are not selling out to the giant in whose backyard we make home.… Read full post »
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