As a nation we collectively betrayed President Nasir. Former President Gayyoom was the one who vilified and mocked Nasir. He misled us into doing this cruel act. When the new government of Nasheed got the chance to repair some of the damage, the government showed courage and humbleness in offering Nasir a state funeral. Following are some points that we can ponder after this sad goodbye to a national hero.
1. Rename the Sultan Park as “Nasiriyya Park”!
Remove the boundary wall of Sultan Park, landscape the park and make it a central park with free access to people. This is an area frequented by tourists with close proximity to the new National Museum as well. Also include at least one newspaper-stand which sells magazines, light snacks and soft drinks in the park. We can then rename the park as “Nasiriyya Park”!
2. Rename the park where Nasir is buried as “Nasir Gulzar”!
President Nasir is buried inside the small park at the eastern end of the old Friday Mosque (Hukuru Miskth). It would be most appropriate to name this small park as “Nasir Gulzar”!
3. Name the office building being built at Velaanaage as “Velaanaa Building”!
Velaanaage is ex-president Nasir’s own house. But Gayyoom virtually banished Nasir from the country in 1978. Nasir had to spend the last 30 years of his life in exile, in Singapore. During this period Gayyoom confiscated Nasir’s house (Velaanaage) and is now building an office block at the site. The 15-storey office block being built at Velaanaage can now be renamed, most appropriately, as “Velaanaa Building”.
4. Offer a post to Nasir’s youngest son – Ismail Nasir!
Ismail Nasir (Nasir’s youngest son) is the one who accompanied Nasir and took most care of him, especially during the last years of his life. For this reason, and also to keep Nasir’s name in the service of this motherland, I would suggest that the new government should offer some kind of post to Nasir’s family – specifically to Ismail Nasir. Ismail Nasir may not live here so this post could be perhaps served in a foreign country. I would suggest that Ismail Nasir could be made the Maldives Government Ambassador to Singapore. If that’s not appropriate then he could be made “Special Advisor to the President (on foreign investment and trade)” who resides in Singapore!
may our former president rest in peace.
ReplyDeletei've always wanted to know y late Nasir refrained himself from visiting his motherland. n last night wen i was watching the live coverage from TVM, kuva mohamed manik in an interview explained the reason. its not surprising to see things getting unfold n maumoon's evilness revealed.he cud b one's foe but he shud not b soo inhumane
i liked the first three points, buts i think its crazy to give a post to Ismail Nasir. Government posts should not be handed over to people out of sympathy. Bush, sometimes u sound like a kid.
ReplyDeletegiving post to ismail is not something you should suggest, instead it is something Anni should suggest and offer if he believe that capable. Renaming "Sultan park" to nasiriyya park is not a good idea even. it is ok to name velaanaage office complex as velaanaa building and i think it is already decided by the gov.
ReplyDeleteSujaa
why not ask that DICKtator to apologise for late NASIR's family for everything he did in his power..
ReplyDeletewhat a shame..
dont u idiots see what's happening. these are not bushry's suggestions. they are nasheed's idea and bushry is publishing them to find out the public's view abt these things.
ReplyDeleteQOUTE"i liked the first three points, buts i think its crazy to give a post to Ismail Nasir. Government posts should not be handed over to people out of sympathy. Bush, sometimes u sound like a kid"
ReplyDeleteAgree! same here!
Comment to the guy who wrote: "giving post to ismail is not something you should suggest. It's up to Presidnet Nasheed to suggest".
ReplyDeleteWell I (Bushry) or anyone else can "sugegst" things to the president. Do u think Nasheed owns us or is it the other way round where he is our servant. If he is our servant then we can at least "suggest" things to him.
I would like to see Nasir hounored. But Mr. Bushree, how did you forget what has happened during Nasir's time. Remember he had 54 houses and shops in this tiny Male? He intriduced tourism to Maldives. True. But in your good style why dont you ask this question? Did any one in the whole population of Maldives get even a single Dollar? The answer is NO! Nasir was the sole benefiter of the toursim industry. The pioneers of the industry would say YES, to this, because they KNOW!
ReplyDeleteAnd Maumoon didnt banish him, he ran away, because he felt the tension building up in the Maldives. You may forget, but how can he himself forget what he did!
maumoonamedhu hasadhaverivegen konmme fadhavaahakaehves liyevidhaane ekamaku nasiraky maaka ragalhumyhekey nubuneveyne aharen hama hairaanvi tv aa radio ah ara meehun dhakkamun dhiya dhoguvaahakathah nasiru verikamuga huryma kuranjehunu kanthah eyna kury kuran majbooruvegen rayyithunnaamedhu evves varakah visnaafaeh neiy bayaku kithanmme hasadhaverive nuruhunas maumoonu miqumuge verikan kykkuran sarukaaruga ulhuvvi iraa kiyavaa vidhaalhuvaan hunnevi dhuvasvaru qaumahttakai kodhdhevvi agunuvey khidhumaiy Allahu dhenevodigenvey emanikufaanu masakkaiyppulhu kurevvy myhegge heyo bahkaa khushaamadhakah noon heyo hithun heyo niyathugai kodhdhevvi aguhuri khidhmaiy aharen ekaninamaves faahagakoh thaureef koh shukuruverikamaa eku balaigane emanikufaanahttakai mulhi umurugai emanikufaanaai a'ailaa ah heyo dhua'a kurunmathy hunnaanan e ee lobuvethi bappa eh ikhlaastheri mudharribeh naseyhaiytheri ilmuverieh heyolafa maalimee eh dhuruvisnivadaigannava khaadhimeh heyolafa beybe eh aguhuri dheenee ilmuverieh keiytherikamuge namoona beyfulheh thedhuveri ikhlaastheri gaaiy saadhaa verieh maumoonge khidhmathaky fas alha nuforuveyne gina guna kanthahthakeh
ReplyDeletetoday parliment is debating on a possible salary to the president. why cant they agree on a high salary and hold the guy responsible to deliver..
ReplyDeletepay peanuts and attract monkey and jokers just like in the past. Umar Zahir/illyas/abbas/zahir hussain/fathuhulla /samaray/and the great DICKtator.. all these guys have acquired wealth equivalent to 100 thousand dollars a months in illegal means for the past 30 years..
its time to change this..pay and pay enough and show us result..
...but remember bushree, if re-name those places 'nasir', m sure those fukin thinadhoo 'aaalaathun' may destroy those places. they dont remember y srilanka givernmet fight against LTT. nasir is a hero. thank u for u killed a guys who try to divide our country.
ReplyDeleteonce again...fuk u thinadhoo aalaathun... i pry for those who dead in those days...may stay forever as hell.
Vellaanaa Building is ok, but why do you want to rename a place that already has a name, increase the burden of top heavy Government? Ismail Nasir didn’t come to stay hear or asking for money, already have a better home and they have ways to earn income. Already Anni is giving jobs left and right, a job to Furahani Shuaib, Ziayd, who knows may be the next in line is Sappe and that “white haired artist”.
ReplyDeleteThese people are not good, even that Sawad, he will be just like another Musthfa Luthfee in Tourism Ministry.
We need people who are educated but also they must be able to execute orders and produce results. It will be better to Anni to keep the qualified, honest people in Civil service sector, take these Experts in running the Government.
I find it completely and utterly ludicrous that we are elevating a person who commited atrocities akin to genocide, some 40 yrs ago, to the status of "national hero" a la Mohamed Thakurufaanu.
ReplyDeleteIn reply to a comment made by "Cherub" on a previous post, please allow me to reply to that comment: It's true that my father (like many other MDP Supporters) were unhappy about certain appointments in the first few days of the new government, but that does not mean that any of us were agaisnt the government or the new president. Even if the vote were held again tomorrow, we will still vote for Nasheed. So don't confuse criticism with animosity. People criticise their own children or their own family also.
ReplyDeleteAs for my father being critical because he wanted me to be offered some position in the government, well I think that's a twisting of the truth. As I said before, he did criticise but not for the above reason.
But I have to admit that he (like any father) would have wished that I was offered some post (he he)...But I have news for him (my father) and "Cherub" and any other doubters!
Even if I was offerd a cabinet or any other post in the new government I would not have accepted it. And even if I were offered such a post even now, I will not accept. Be it ministerial or ambassodorial or whatever. I'm simply not interested.
Some people confuse my interest in political-thought with p[olitical ambitions.
Some may now think that I'm planning to run for Majlis! Even that is off the mark. I have no such plans and I do not want a government post.
If Nasheed or any other Muslim is willing to give me something then there's something that I will accept from them. Say a prayer for me. Insha Allah, Allah will accept that prayer.
May Allah make this motherland a heavenly place for us and guide us.
Hey 'against racism"! Your nick and your words do not match. When u swear and say bad things about "Thinadhoo people" it smacks of racism. I'm not from Thinadhoo but you have to respect the views of others. It is with help from Thinadhoo people and activists such as Jenifer Latheef too that u got your freedom back so please don't go overboard and try to sow hatred.
ReplyDeleteIf Thinadhoo people don't like Nasir let them say so! It is their freedom to say so. We can always respectfully disagree.
Bushry... bro, why is it that you always say stupid things like this??..... Tell me again WHY should we award a government post to Ismail Nasir!!!.... Government posts are not GIFTS that we keep to give to our buddies and favorites!!!
ReplyDeleteIf he is qualified to be in any post then he can be given the opportunity... Every time we want to commend someone we can't just create posts for that person??.. investment advisor? what is that anyway??..
This is not the way to do it.... I think naming the National museum or Sultans Park after Ibrahim Nasir is a good idea.
Our love and respect for his family will continue. They are always welcome in this free country which their father had bequeathed to us.... they are our brothers n sisters- our family .... But nobody is getting a free government post without due course, necessity or justification.
Nasir is already a hero, He has earned the highest honer a son of this nations could ever own.
ReplyDeleteDont over do this in the excitement or grievance. If a man does a good deed/a selfless act we have a habit of praising him over and over, singing songs about him and taking him literally to the level of GOD and worshiping him. Maybe its because of out Buddhist/Indian heritage of idol worshiping.
That was what we did to Gayoom, and he started to act like the Supreme being. Naseer may be gone but lets not over do this praising thing.
It may be better to build a mosque in some island or a school, from Naseers OWN MONEY so that it may at leaset do some good in afterlife.
ReplyDeletespot on anony mice..
ReplyDeletelets move on and make sure this does not happen to any other Maldivian on this soil. only his remainig sons can do any favour by offering prayers and other worthy deeds accpeted by islam.
Nasiriyya Park
ReplyDeleteNaasirish Park
Naasirist Park
Nasiree Park
Naahtey Park
These names are so gay, if you do that could you at least use his real name or name with his lagab.
Few famous parks around the Globe
ReplyDeleteLincoln Park - Chicago
Gorky Park - Moscow
Regent's Park - London
Parc de Belleville - Paris
Sagaray Park - Male'
Ueno Park - Tokyo
Hehru Park - Delhi
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ReplyDeleteIs Zaki the president of this country?
ReplyDeletehttp://tinyurl.com/5g75su
@ Anonymous 24/11/08 16:22
ReplyDeleteAnni is using Zaki as the front man because Anni has no experience nor any idea what to say when meeting with these news briefings, meeting MWSC management. Zaki is like the fulhimadu unguri, he can be used for any post caz of his vast experience in diplomatic circle.
With Maumoon we had Abbas Ibrahim, With Anni we are having Ibrahim Hussain Zaki, these two people are of similar character, they are vengeful and revenge is always on their mind.
If only Anni could use the Experts in the Civil Services sector or even DRP, there are good people (uncorrupted) whom Anni could recruit to MDP to run the government instead of Giving Jobs to Lunatics and people who are unqualified in experience and knowledge.
you, my dear friend is overdoing it a bit. nasir gulzar and nasiriyya park sounds extremely awkward and anyway sultan park is quite nice. what was it called during nasir's time? and a post for ismail nasir out of pity for all the wrongdoings for maumoon's atrocities against nasir and his family, i strongly oppose. if ismail nasir is willing to serve maldives out of his own accord, then he is most welcome. by the way we could call gayyoom hingun for some dark alley or gayyoom haruge to some place and make him feel honoured (and happy) instead of having to pay him a fat salary for just having been the president.
ReplyDeleteWith Maumoon we had Abbas Ibrahim ?
ReplyDeleteMaumoonu used to speak on any topic be it politics,health,economics,Islam..etc
I mean Abbas Ibrahim & Ibrahim Hussain Zaki are vengeful people, they seek revenge. With rage in your mind nothing will go right or work as clockwork/right mechanism.
ReplyDeleteMay I also add to the list
ReplyDeleteNelson Mandela Park - Leicester, UK?
I discovered it by chance upon arriving there with a friend while visiting somewhere else in UK. Great heroes are not only remembered in their own land. We look upon Mr President (Anni) Nasheed to be another example for the future generations. co-editor @opposeanni.blogspot.com
Re-naming the Sultan Park as Nasiriyya Park is not a good idea. Coz the name has been there for centuries and the name itself acts as kind of "brand name" to promote our tourism industry.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to name a park after Nasir, the best place would be the new park that the government has planned to build at the place where Nasandhura is located.
A more appropriate place no name or rename after Nasir could be Male' International Airport. I was just wondering this airport is names as MALE international airport after all it's built on Hulhule. I still don't understand why it was called MALE international airport. This name does not apply the same thinking that has been followed through in naming the rest of airports in Maldives. Perhaps a more appropriate name could be HULHULE international airport.
Nasir was the mastermind and chief architect for the planning and development of the international airport. So, i think the most appropriate name for the airport would be NASIR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT like BANDAARA NAIKE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT in Sri Lanka.
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Sultan Park is quite ok. Nasiriya Park does not sound that nice. By the way who is that guy with his hair tied behind? nd what's his post?
ReplyDeleteout of topic, but Bush why don't you write about the immediate concerns of the people..criminals and drugs..no one is talking about these things..Is it because our country is lead by them? Thugs and drug traffickers.
ReplyDeletehey guys, let him make suggestions. we will keep on commenting
ReplyDeleteBushry is quite ok for suggesting issue in the community as a whole. he has been a crtic for the past many years in maumoon dictatorship. he has lot of experice that we may not possess. pls. encourage him to continue this blog successfuly.
ReplyDeleteIs doing all this bringing justice to Nasir o his children if they've been treated unjustly in the past.
ReplyDeleteDoes renaming to Velaanaa Building giv Nasir family their house back if their house had been siezed unjustly from them?
Does giving Ismail Nasir a post compensate for the way his family had been treated in the past if they've been unjustly mistreated?
I dont think they need or want any of this.
we need to know more about him though he is no longer with us.while the country is mourning
ReplyDeletesome of us are dead againt all this...we need to know the truth before naming parks and buildings after him.
Well thnx Mr. Bushry. It was some 10 days back over a coffee table some ppl talked abt that so called post ok. Ur dad is a frnd of my dad n i infact told them that i've heard Bushry's dad discussing lot of issues with my dad n that i never interpreted from any of his discussions that he's interested in a post to his son.
ReplyDeleteThey infact told me that that's the reason y ur dad was against maumoon n now he is against anni.
So after reading the very many comments i thought i'd make the comment.
i've always bn a curious reader of ur articles from "keyoniru" monday times n so on. never missed any.
thnx for the explanation.
When nasir left Maldives in 1978 Dec, the tallest building in Male' was H. Velaanaage.
ReplyDeleteAfter 30 years, they say they have gone to new heights, but to my suprise, when Nasir's body was brought on 23rd Nov 2008, the tallest building in Male' was also H. Velaanaage. So did we achieve anything new in this 30 years? I think we have been building everything on Nasir's foundation.
How about renaming the airport as Ibrahim Nasir International Airport? I think that would be more appropriate.
ReplyDeleteDear Bushry
ReplyDeleteThese are all suggestions/ imaginary issues we are discussing here. How about discussing some real/current issues facing the nation. While we are busy building parks and renaming parks in Alice’s Wonder Land, back in the real world Anni is discussing the stated budget, privatizing the state companies and divesting of state owned companies.
Anni is going to sell the bulk of the state companies. Russia made a few local millionaires when is sold off the state companies in corrupt deals. This shouldn’t happen in our cases. By the way things are going Anni is handing out jobs as political favors dents his image as a corruptions free leader and a naïve leader. If the state is going to divest this should be done in proper way without the involvement of money hungry people like Mr Gasim and his pack of wolves in the Republican Party. These should be disscused with the public stake holders, employees of the respective companies and if it exists labor unions.
These deals could go very bad if the public don’t keep a watchful eye. Annis is a President who didn’t have experience managing his own household budget (his wife seem to be the bread winner in the family) or he lack experience even in holding a real job. The issue is he is surrounded by the wolf packs of Mr. Gasim, they will be scavenging for even a teeny-weeny chunk of that multibillion dollar deal of selling state companies.
Bush write about current issue and not imaginary ones; this way you are diverting the attention to some less important issue.
Build a park for to remind those who have killed in HAVARU THINADHOO.
ReplyDeletebuild a park to commemorate the death in Vinliginli jail.
Yaa good, they should conduct some course on Blogging to us Maldivians.
ReplyDeleteBlogging is becoming more powerful day by day and traditional Media is loosing ground to them, caz traditional media is shackled, to be politically correct or affiliated by some political party
it wud b a good idea to chk ismail nasir's competency. chk how he cud b engaged in this administration &
ReplyDeletebe part of the success we all as a nation is dreaming.
Bad Idea, i heard Obama's Great Great Grand dad is also from Kerafa Aalia so should we bring back Obama and give him a post as Presidentian advisor
ReplyDeleteNow thats the problem with most of us. We just dont verify what we hear.
ReplyDeleteBushry's blog is the public pulse. First, I suggest this blog be re named Bushry's Havaru Vindhu or public pulse. So we dont forget Bushry in future.
ReplyDeleteBTW, Nasir name can be re-instated to Iskandhar School 9formerly Naasiriyaa Motesoori) and Nasir Sports Academy.
That should be it.
ismail nasir doesnt even speak dhivehi so y bother givin him post in govt? bush deserves a post more than ismail nasir..in any case he only came to bury his father, i bet he doesnt want anything to do with maldives. he has a better life abroad...
ReplyDeleteHe is a young man with means to earn a living in a developed industrialized country, namely Singapore, now why would he want a job from a third world country.
ReplyDeletehmmm To make more money from rouge deals?
After reading these comments, one thing I sadly notice is that most of the people who have expressed their feelings have forgotten the good things Mr.Nasir had done. As usual we are trying to find faults and count the troubles, not the blessings.
ReplyDeleteThis is the culture we have been given to live with and thanks to Gayoom for having achieved what he had in plans for today.
May GOD Almighty give wisdom and guide us to the right path!
As for Mr.Bushry, please keep up your hard work as all the opposition newspapers are now gone showing us how sincere they were in doing what they did. As if their only motive was to bring the dictator down. I hope Mr.Nasheed will not turn out to be another dictator knowing that there are not more critics and no proper opposition.
Nasir was a pig...a dictator who had no respect for human rights or equality..
ReplyDeletethe bastard Nasir sentenced little children of 4 to 12 as if killing their parents was not enough.
some at the age of just 12 were gang raped,
some were banished to different atolls at the age of 4,7 ,9 and 12. [ the victims are still alive and with us today ]
many were brought to male and tortured to death without trial.
the island was burnt and the people made homeless [ depopulated?]
mothers with their new born babies had to flee the island
some died of starvation
the list would go on forever…..
these were crimes against humanity
do animals like him deserve to be praised?
ask your self ......what if some one like Gasim murdered your dad, raped your wife and tortured your son? would you say he should be considered noble and praise worthy as he has done more good to people?
has helped far too many people in every possible way, that what he did to you and your family shouldn't count?
when we brought down golhaaboa…
i was sure that we would have equality and human values and democracy..but the hypocrite Anni,has proved me wrong within 2 weeks..
What does gogo latheef say about Nasir ?
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with Anony Mice's last comment. Discussion should be focused on current and real issues facing us. Mr. Ibrahim's Nasir's chapter is closed.Let historians like Shathir discuss those things.
ReplyDeleteI too agree that selling state companies will not do us good. Rather they ought to be managed well.
How did you get this 15 percent calculation? What method was used in arrivin at that figure? Pls enlighten me as I also want to do a lot of research on Maldives
ReplyDeleteBravo to Anni, he is reducing and cutting the duty on so many items.
ReplyDeleteDoes he have any idea that he is cutting the income generating sources with out a plan B. Corporate Tax and income Tax laws are not even submitted to the parliament also the sale of Government companies will also go through the Parliament. With out knowing how these bills gonna be approved, cutting down the income sources for the government is suicidal.
Cutting the duty on diesel and other food items wont reduce the cost of sold in the market.
Goods are expensive because of the lack of competition in the market. mainly...reasons
Goods are imported mainly through TWO shipping companies.
Lack of Ware housing facilities.
The so called Wholesalers are actually selling the goods at retail prices or even higher. These people are not wholesalers they are small time businessmen who default on things like shop reant and even staff salaries and loans repayments.
Goods will get cheaper if we introduce few multinational companies that do wholesale and retailing to the Maldivian market.
Duty should be abolished, but only after the introduction of a tax regime, otherwise the government is loosing revenue.
Well I guess Anni is doing this beacause as he said he is going to sell few Government Companies and EXPECTS SOME BIG BUCKS FROM THOSE DEALS, hehe then again that's also one off payment... if we dont have a proper tax regime we are actually loosing money/public finance.
Anni is just following the pack of wolves that Mr Gasim keeps in his Republican Party.
Also 50 years lease period is increased, what about the corresponding increase in lease rental payments. 50 Lease is of more value, a higher asset value, but Annis GENEROUS GOVERNMENT is ot asking for any increase in lease rentals. looks like Anni is becoming the lap dog of Mr.Gasim and his wolves.
It's actually 15.45% - and for your information I do not want to divulge trade secrets that allow me to be one step ahead of others. Otherwise you'll become as smart as me.
ReplyDeleteBushry
ReplyDeleteim sorry, I cant even begin to comprehend where you are coming from. Your suggestions are so absurd on so many levels,
1) why on earth should we rename "Sultan Park" as anything other than Sultan Park?, that is the site of the Traditional sutlans palace (which incidentally was destroyed by Nasir)
2)Nasir's final resting place is in the site popularly know as Hukuru msikiiy site. It is the resting place of most of our statesmen, why on earch should we change it to nasirs name, or even to one particular statesman? we are not north Korea bushry.
3)while the Government may have given them a raw and unfair deal on Velaanaage, fact is nasir did sell it.
4)Post for Ismail Nasir. frankly i find your words "to keep nasir's name in the service of this motherland, Government should offer some kind of post to nasir's family- specifically to Ismail Nasir" rather disturbing. meekee viraasee verikameh noon
look, the country has given HEP ibrahim Nasir the honour due and appropriate to former president. if Ismail nasir or other members wish to serve this country or start a business here, they should have the opportunities similar to other maldivians.
MDp government advocates democracy and how it will be a people's verikan. I for onne will most certainly protest if they go back on their word and reverts back to this culture of sustaining elitism, in this country.
Do you really imagine we did President Nasir any favours, in his death. Do you really believe that President Nasir benefited one bit from the extraordinary circus around his death.
ReplyDeleteDo you realise that poor President Nasir is probably the only Maldivian since we accepted Islam some 800 years ago, who had the indignity and poor fortune to have his body subjected to such abuse as his body probably did - The use of chemicals, needles, knives and saws to delay burial.
What President underwent in death was what he would have probably described as tortue if he was living.
SHAME ON US!!!!!!!!!
May Allah Give Peace to President Nasir.
Amin!
Hey Jasmine dolt, STFU if you cannot talk any sense.
ReplyDeletesultan park was the place where the palace of the Sultans was located. Nasir destroyed the palace. the park should not be renamed as Nasir Park. The government is already planning to destroy the boundary wall of Sultan Park and make it a public park. No doubt Bushry has heard about it and is trying to own the idea, as he usually does. What is the use of his beard and his preachings? Typical hypocrite. If Bushry thinks we should give jobs to the sons of expresidents then we should give jobs to Dhunya and Farish too. What is the difference between Nasir and Gayoom. Both of them were brutal dictators.
ReplyDeletebushry...
ReplyDeleteI thought you always fought for human values and democracy. and now you are hell bent on honoring the THE MOST BRUTAL DESPOT we ever had? SHAME on you bushry. WTF..is wrong with this country? this will only fuel the fire,only divide the nation. the state media has been promoting a despot, most inhuman. I can't believe you would go along with this.
You are not even worth listening to.You have proved yourself to be a non entity.
ReplyDeleteIf u had some material in ur mind u wud be discussing real issues in our society and critically analyse.I will never ever listen to you again.Bye