Category: Culture

Curepipe College celebrates its 55 th anniversary  The Curepipe College, situated at Theodore Sauzier Street, Curepipe-Road, held a week-long celebration of its 55th Anniversary, the ‘Emerald Jubilee’, as

Of macatia coco and the ‘cultural appropriation’ of food All of us freely enjoy some items from each other’s cuisine, and we have never had any issue I

Undoubtedly, a most efficient way to preserve the vitality of a language is to speak it as often as possible, especially in a context which exposes its native

Tribute The sad demise of Anand Ramsewak on Friday 19th May after a long illness is a great loss for our society. Born on 16 September 1950 Anand

Some weeks back Australians woke up to learn with horror and embarrassment, from an official investigation, how some 20% of the priests of a religion had been found

Gayasingh Ashram: devoir de mémoire Le passage du temps n’efface pas les évènements marquants. Il est courant de parler de devoir de mémoire dans le discours politique, intellectuel

Issues concerning the quality of teaching and research at the University should be debated at all levels so that in the end, an enabling environment can be created

In Memoriam — Bhismadev Seebaluck: Writer, Play wright, Educationist, Littérateur Bhismadev Seebaluck, the well-known literary figure of Mauritius, left us on Saturday 8th April at the age of

Following the kabbadi contest on Mon Choisy beach about three weeks ago with teams from India and other countries, may we suggest that the Ministry of Sports promote

 Mauritius was once a forest land. The Dutch, it is said, destroyed most of the ebony trees to build ships. So too went the dodo, which is remembered

Les brassards de ma mère Maman, te souviens-tu de ton premier métier En arrivant à l’île Maurice A l’âge de vingt-cinq ans ? J’avais quatre ans. Souvent je

It is indeed a great moment of intense emotion to walk down memory lane to the days when the country became independent on a Monday 12 March 1968

In the forthcoming celebration of Independence, please forget the buzzwords of political and economic colonisation and the grand movement of emancipation from a foreign power. Focus on now

Woman! Mother! Sister! Partner! Goddess! You cover the whole range of our needs Our want of affection and protection Warm in your womb and secure in your heart!

A ‘Know India’ Seminar was held in Mauritius at the Hotel Intercontinental this week, in the presence of Hon Nandcoomar Bodha, Minister of Public Infrastructure and Land Transport