Growing up during a famine is not one you willingly do. Enduring one with an abusive wife, even more so. But such was the life of Ibrahim, your run of the mill fisherman in Maldives. After spending days on the sea fishing, he had to come home to a wife who constantly berates and hits him. Not to mention, she had ordered him to bring her a slab of tuna meat every time he comes back from a trip.

It was a sunny Thursday when he came back from fishing with a somber mood. 3 days at sea and he and his fellow fishermen were unable to catch even a single fish. He walked towards his house, knowing that only a beating awaited there.

Suddenly, he thought of an alternative. A very...