Sweet Hell
By windrose
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1.1 Island of Thora
An orange sky and tones of blue cast above and glows of glare streaming through the flocks of grey cloud hurt his eye as he trained on the horizon...
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1.2 Island of Thora
Soon, the boat approached the shoal and beach. A broad strip of a white sandy beach glazed by the pink in the sky reflected on the surface and that...
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1.3 Island of Thora
A lot of these islands were run by ‘social clubs’ and most stratagem of offence and defence carried out in accord with fanditha practices that...
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2.1 Hot Fiesta
He woke up to hear a loud noise as if a helicopter hovering over the roof. It went on for some time while he tried to calculate in his mind how far...
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2.2 Hot Fiesta
After an early dinner, he headed to Vedun Point where the stage was set in front of the island office. Thirty girls lined up on the platform...
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2.3 Hot Fiesta
Nine-thirty, Muaz sat for breakfast. Aunt Nabila, in her usual manner with her gown tucked on the midriff, served very hot tea. There stood a...
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2.4 Hot Fiesta
One o’clock in the morning, Ashwar steered him to the house called Chandni on Sirat Magu. They walked unobtrusively through narrow lanes. A house...
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3.1 Badi
Next morning it was rumoured that he climbed over the wall and entered Tailor Don’s daughter in her room. Some even claimed he stole gold. That tall...
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3.2 Badi
“Wake up! Wake up!” his grandmother called, “I be damned you sleep whole day! Your lunch is cold!” Muaz was still dazed. He had lunch and spread to...
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4.1 Reef Blowing
A renowned practitioner from the capital visited Thora on Friday. It was announced on a megaphone and organised by Sunlight Club to serve the entire...
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4.2 Reef Blowing
In the morning he spread out on a jaunt heading up Irshad Magu with red hibiscus flowers blooming over the low boundary walls. He caught sight of the...
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5.1 The Backdrop
“Step back! Step back! I can see them coming!” and the crowd leaned forward to take a look at the bikers racing from the far end. A national guard in...
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5.2 The Backdrop
A month later, their purchasing officer, Hassan Zahir, took him to Ice Ge – a popular pub in town with a façade finished of painted rocks and a...
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5.3 The Backdrop
She stepped out of the blue gate into the rays of the descending sun wearing a long high waist black skirt and a matching sleeveless cropped top with...
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6.1 Club 33
Tuesday, 20 th of July, was a rainy day. Roads full of water puddles. Muaz dismounted from his bike seeing Bilqis Adam going home with her classmates...
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6.2 Club 33
In the second half of 1976, the island of Thora recessed in a power struggle as the heads of the societal clubs got involved in conspiracies and...
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7.1 Club Rehendi
There he was in the middle of the crowd dancing to the music band played on the open stage. Muaz wore white bell-bottoms in a pair of white shoes...
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7.2 Club Rehendi
Bandiya girls brought their items and placed on the lane as they got prepared to leave for the show. Each had to carry her own items; a pitcher, pom-...
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7.3 Club Rehendi
Tuesday evening, he stepped into the sand-filled lawn in the foreground of Salty Breeze and headed to the kitchen side. The maid waved, “She is...
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7.4 Club Rehendi
“Huda never married.” “She never married. Huda lost a loving boyfriend just like that. His name is Adam. Farida also dated him. Huda was forced to...
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8.1 Underthings
The dancers stepped down from the boat to LH shore and crossed the sandy beach to the reception and bar sheltered in a single bungalow. The roof...
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8.2 Underthings
On a Tuesday it was, Club Rehendi was set again to perform at LH and Muaz was told to stay out of it. He did not want to be in it in the first place...
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8.3 Underthings
A day later, Niyaz entrapped the dancers playing bashi on the seaside at the drop of Alifan Magu in front of the mosque. A dump area engulfing the...
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9.1 Grand Devil's Claws
For substantial reasons, Grand Devil’s Claws did not take place until 1978. During this time schools were closed since January due to a cholera...
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9.2 Grand Devil's Claws
In the northern front on the western side where boats from the islands moored by the promenade, Muaz received his grandmother upon a request from...
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9.3 Grand Devil's Claws
Independence Day, 29 th March, was a historical day in many ways. The most significant event happened to be the inauguration of the first television...
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10.1 Hakra Fair
In the scattered rains of the monsoonal change, Malé roads filled with pits and puddles. Muaz walked to Hakra Fair on foot negotiating the dirty...
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10.2 Hakra Fair
11 th June, his ship advanced through the passage to enter Farukolfushi lagoon between the barriers when a speedboat whizzed pass at full speed...
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10.3 Hakra Fair
Rainy days and flooded roads. His half-brother returned from the United Kingdom after completing a BA in Architecture. He brought a Sony hi-fi system...
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11.1 Bikers
Five-thirty, he parked near the Sultan Park by the west wall in the hope of meeting Bilqis Adam. A bunch of girls posed by the SES gate. One of them...
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11.2 Bikers
On that Wednesday, 21 st of June, she dressed up at seven in her school uniform and came out of the gate at seven twenty-seven. Firasha carried a...
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12.1 Maldive Courage
“We were drifting on an open deck, waves rolling over the brim of the platform pretty much like the boat we went to Thora. Barely floating on the...
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12.2 Maldive Courage
Muja came with six visitors who arrived from the shore. Necessary introductions made and they sat for tea at the officers’ mess. Muja whispered, “I...
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12.3 Maldive Courage
It was a special banquet they had at the officers’ mess on Level 2 or the Casino Deck. Farida, Salt, Mannan and Huda sat with the visitors and the...
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12.4 Maldive Courage
On the Passenger Deck, Level 3, Huda lay in bed in the bright light, platinum blonde hair spread on the white mattress, gold on her chest and Mannan...
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12.5 Maldive Courage
Faith climbed to the Captain’s Deck before the lights went out. In fact, he was up on the ladder when the deck lights went out. He landed on the boat...
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13.1 Under the Influence
“They call me ‘nigger’ because I have a spiralled curly hair,” complained Mannan, “I’m not black! I’m not brown! Look at me! I am much lighter toned...
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13.2 Under the Influence
A brownshirt appeared on Marine Drive and two guys on a whaler approached slowly in the water in front of Jetty 4. “Go and ask them what do they want...
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14.1 Bedrock
On a television interview, presenter asked Farida Ikhtak, “What really happened to the dancers that day on the ship? Eyewitnesses tell me that they...
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14.2 Bedrock
Instincts told him, those four guys blew up the bedrock. Shocking! He realised that he was witnessing the perpetrators who plotted an implosion to...
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15.1 The Slit
One more time, he was back in Thora. Seated in the dining when the girl surprised him with a broad smile and a wide mouth. “Does mosquito bother you...
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