Tag: British Empire

Breakfast with Bwana

The coronation is a critical moment for King Charles to show that the monarchy can be more efficient and more sensitive to the legacy of British imperialism.

Letter from New Delhi

on both sides – especially when it comes to Kashmir

New realities and strategic rethink have superseded older visions of the Indian Ocean’s strategic importance to economies around much of the globe

Mauritius Times – 60 Years

Mauritius Times – 60 Years

“Heads must roll” would have thundered Minister Alan Ganoo in his Opposition days on that black Friday

By Jan Arden

  Slave traders transformed human lives into profit-bearing opportunities – just like modern finance

Interview: David Snoxell, Coordinator – The Chagos Islands All-Party Parliamentary Group

The story of the growth of Britain’s sugar trade can tell us a lot about the development of capitalism and the slave trade

By Dr Rajagopal Soondron

Just like the main British population, many Mauritians with a standard job and status would have families with divided views on Brexit. Some with academic and/or professional occupations

While we usually celebrate the independence of Mauritius, we usually fail to commemorate the 1937 labour unrest when a few hundreds of labourers organised the march on Union