What the referendum really said
A 68.7–31.3 result is not a narrow thing. It was meant to be read as an instruction — and so far it has been.
Opinion
Columnists, essays and letters from the atolls.
Saturday, 21 March 2026
The war and us
A column on the Iran war and what it is doing to the Maldivian economy in real time.
Thursday, 19 March 2026
What the monsoon asks of us
A column on climate, patience, and the responsibility of an island nation whose shoreline is the whole of its politics.