In 1990 The 20th Century BC Band presented to the world ‘Ehcheh Kalheh’ live and for the first time. In the video four men are seen at...

all right, i bet everyone is keen to know about kula sudha ira because rumours were doing the rounds, some said it was invitees only, my...

On a Friday evening, at the ‘Blinkers Off’ exhibition at the Avahteri Gallery, I was observing a drawing, one of the larger portraits of...

Dhivehi bas is classified as an Indo-Aryan or Indic language, stemming from the branches of Proto-Indo-Iranian and Proto-Indo-European....

Led made his first appearance to the public eye by closing the Katti Hivvaru Festival of 2015 with a set that was nothing short of...

It is true what they say; love fades, pizza is forever. Pizza is true love. That rounded, fresh out of the oven, melted cheesy, meaty,...

It is well past eight in the evening, and I am sitting with a friend, sipping a cinnamon iced tea at the newly opened Oevaru Cafe’ and...

François Pyrard de Laval, a French navigator, arrived in the Maldives in 1602 when his ship Corbin beached upon a reef in Baa Atoll....

A tired evening in July, not all too long ago, we found ourselves walking along the rutted outskirts of West Henveiru. With the weight of...

“Forgive everyone for your own sins, and be sure to tell them you love them which you do.” - Jack Kerouac Empathy is a creative process,...

Post-punk is alive and well in the Maldives; Lah, the second album from Kushehnooney lays to rest any doubts to the contrary. While the...

Up until a few years ago, Maldivian made swimwear was almost an unheard of concept in our humble island home. Considering the tourists...

Happy Days are here! The air is filled with intoxication. All the blooms are crowned in gold. Look at the magnificence of this Spring....

Hey guys, here I present a collection that I believe comes from artists whose work has left imprints on the collective unconscious of...

Ah, October. The one month of the year (and possibly the best one) when all our social media feeds are overtaken not by foreign labels or...

Male' f***ed up. Evening was settling in; it had torched the sky and was bleeding it dry of all light but for the stars, those soft white...

Whether or not you're a fervent follower of politics, there’s no doubt that the past week has been a tumultuous firestorm for all of us....

“Politics is the collective decision-making or policy-making common to the whole society,” Joyce Mitchell states in his book regarding...

Eid holidays have almost always brought a great sense of freedom for me, I think it does for all of us. Eid is our version of Christmas,...

A selection of shots from the local markets of Male'. For more of this series, check out the hashtag on Instagram here.