Male’ans Vs. Islanders

One of my friends once told me an occurrence in his life which at that time made him quite gloomy. He was dumped by his girl friend when she found out that he was not from Male’. From what I saw, I can assume that the guy really loved this girl who seems to be from a wealthy background – but not Royal.

Anyway, let’s leave my friend there and continue with the reason of his rejection. What was his crime in this particular incident? Was it his decision to be born to a typical island family? What is so special about the so called Male’ people? Are they from a different nation or isn’t this an island?

This is not something that occurs in relationships. It happens in almost everything, such as getting a good job or applying for a loan. What is this discrimination about? We all do believe or clearly see that Male’ is the heart of the Maldives – the capital city. But this doesn’t mean that the people at Male’ are any special compared to the rest of the Maldivian’s.

This friend of mine couldn’t stop over there and move on with his life. He wanted a justification for the reason, at least to content himself. So he did a background check on the girl’s family and found out that the so called people who rejected him were originated from a nearby island. The only reason why they are Male’ans is because her grand father some how managed to get a piece of land from Male’. From that very moment, the royal string was attached to the family. This makes me wonder. Suppose If I get a piece of land from Male’ and after being registered as the legal landlord, does it make me a Male’an? Wow, what an easy way huh? Oops, I forgot to tell you. There’s a much easy way – it’s called Male’ Municipalty ge Khaasa Dhafthar.

I suppose those entire Male’ people who reads this article would be glaring at me as if I’m some kind of an Anti-Male’an. Calm down guys. It’s not like that. I do not hate nor do I have anything against you. I just want each one of you to respect us, your fellow islanders. We are from the same nation, same community and from the same ancestors. If you travel back in history, you will land yourself somewhere in Sri Lanka? Does that make us all a so called ‘Ori’?

Let us not judge people by their island, skin color or clothing. It’s the inner beauty that counts. Wealth and fame all dissolves in your grave, whether you are a Male’an or an American.