The preliminary election results seem to indicate a comfortable win for Mr. Mohamed Nasheed (Anni) in the first ever multi-party democratic elections in the Maldives. This, of course, means that we would soon have a new person taking hold of the helm of the country after 30 long years of iron-fist rule by the same person. And like almost all people I know, I too feel quite excited at the prospect of real change and improvement - in so many different aspects of Maldivian life - actually seeing daylight sometime soon. Congratulations to Anni and I wish him and his party, as well as the coalition and the rest of us Maldivians, the very best in struggle ahead.

Here is something I had made about 2 years ago to symbolize the demolition of the dictatorship of Mr. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. It was born of boredom and was designed for use in MSN/Live Messenger as an animated emoticon so feel free to send it to your friends. To add it to Messenger, right-click on the image below, select the option to save the image to your computer and then use the emoticon add facility in Messenger to load it in.



PS: There are a few more Maumoon emoticons available here.