Reincarnation may be an important Buddhist philosophy back in the centuries when the Tharaagandu existed as a temple right in the perimeter of the forest. Today, Kaashidhoo needs such a ‘rejuvenation’ in order to rediscover the vitality of an island neglected for decades and now trying to live up to its ancient glory as a strategic location on an international shipping route.
Like most Maldivians, my ancestors also migrated to Male’ for various reasons. And like most Maldivian youth of today growing up in the concrete and congested capital Male’–which we’ve learned to alternately hate and love at the same time due to its redeeming qualities despite its depressing nature–I “went back” to Kaashidhoo, the ancestral island from my mother’s side, for the first time in my life only as a teen.
Since then over the years I’ve visited the island from time to time but, sadly, mostly to perform some professional engagement or other. It was never a personal trip. Until now. Read more
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