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22 June 2007

Raajtey and Meenaxi

Raajendhar Kumar is the name of the new person my boss brought to our house. He is from India. He is very strong and hardworking. He speaks Hindhee but not as fluent as me. I learned Hindhee from Amitab Bacchan and Jaya Prada. He will take over some of the work I do at home. I showed him how to Valhudhiya hikka today. He was very amazed to see how shallow our well was. He says that in India the wells he Valhudhiya hikka was over one Kilo Meter per hour deep.

His friends in India call him Raaj. We call him Raajtey. He's a very friendly guy. He is married. He showed me a picture of him with his wife. Her name is Meenaxi. They looked very happy together. Raajtey said that he is a prince from his village. And the first person to get out of India. He said the whole village contributed the money to pay for the agent.

He stayed in Seedhee's house first in Male'. Raajtey said Seedhee is a good man. Raajtey had to do all the things in that house. Everything Seedhee says and everything Seedhee's two wives say, everything Seedhee's 6 children and their husbands, wives and children say. And also everything their friends say and everything the Dhivehi servant of that house say.

So Raajtey was exhausted. And one day Raajtey left the house. And started working much less for much more money for a construction group. Then all sort of problems were caused by Seedhee's children. Raajtey was almost deported forever. All the money of his poor village people were going to go wasted. They expected something back from their prince. My boss saw Raajtey's sufferings and with his connections he brought Raajtey to our house. My boss is trying to send Raajtey to a haassa class to teach him English and Maths. But he has found no place willing to admit a Raajtey yet.

I like Raajtey. He's younger than me. He's 22 years old.

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6 Comments:

At 4:57 AM , Blogger fathun.. said...

i wish raajitey all the best...
hate how some maldivians treat foreigners like him..so rude and some doesnt even treat them like human beings...!truly disgusting!

 
At 4:26 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

namaste. raajtey is a big hero of our village. meenaxi is my neighbour's daughter's husband's uncle's friend's brother's wife's sister. i'm so happy you wroted his story here. we havent heard from him since his 20rf phone card finished 3 months ago.

 
At 12:12 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hehehe I can't help it hahaha. Murty ticked me double...

 
At 2:37 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

For an understanding of how foreign workers like Raajtey are treated in Maldives:
http://www.dhivehi-observer.com/maverick/Maverick3.pdf

 
At 2:39 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

that is
www.dhivehi-observer.com/maverick/Maverick3.pdf

 
At 7:46 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

what a sweet story. i think someone should make a movie about it.

 

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