Today’s wisdom on exploitation and injustice in the Maldives: Rats nibbling on tender coconuts, bats drinking water | World News
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June 23, 2026
Maldivian proverbs of the time remind us how rats work hard to open coconuts and bats drink water like opportunists. Someone does the work, someone gets the benefit. This is the core of this old Maldivian proverb, explained through the imagery of…