Editorials
The Road Ahead
| March 11, 2019
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Tag: Independence
Politics & Society
Happy New Year 2019?
| January 3, 2019
I am finding it very difficult to be optimistic as 2019 approaches. Still as someone has rightly said, “Man can plan as much as he likes, but life
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History
The RCC Commemorates 200 years of Laureateship
| October 8, 2018
On Thursday last week the students of the Royal College Curepipe (RCC) launched their this year’s magazine.
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History
Revisiting the Road to the Constitution of 1968
| July 2, 2018
Political maturity was never even a major criterion for constitutional progress. Other factors explain why it took 20 long years from 1948 for the island to achieve full
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Latest News
Multiculturalism and the Mauritian nation: No place for dogmas
| May 21, 2018
Multiculturalism has always been the approach of the masses and elite policies have had to follow the wishes of the people. There is no place for dogmas
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Politics
Constitutional Development in Mauritius: The Appravasi Ghat Exhibition
| May 14, 2018
Our Constitution can be criticized as lacking in originality, and as being a mere template of the system of government of the former colonial power. These criticisms are
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Society
Of a Free Press & Happy and Smart Cities
| April 16, 2018
Why is there an obsession to bring in more foreigners in such a small island, with lands at forbidding prices and an acute scarcity of lands for locals,
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Mauritius at 50
Mauritius at 50
| March 11, 2018
It is pointless to plan for the next 50 years. We first need to fix the present to ensure a better future. We therefore need to reboot the
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Mauritius at 50
Looking resolutely towards the future
| March 11, 2018
The fundamental question that the youth must ask themselves is whether they want to be latter-day ‘coolies’, or whether they would prefer to leave the beaten tracks and
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Mauritius at 50
A boat stuck in stagnant waters
| March 11, 2018
Where the country was heading to – if it was moving at all – was beyond our grasp. It seemed that no one had a clue of how
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Public Health
50 years: Health Services in Mauritius from Independence
| March 5, 2018
despite all the criticisms of the health services, for the amount of financing that it receives (about 4% of GDP; Europe: 10%) its performance is commendable
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Interviews
‘If you defame and you cannot back your words with evidence, you must pay a price. Is this dictatorship?’
| February 26, 2018
Interview: Professor Singfat Chu, National University of Singapore
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Independence
The Many Meanings of Independence in 1967
| February 19, 2018
Just as those who experienced slavery knew best what a slave regime was about, similarly the generation who voted for independence viewed it differently from what historians sometimes
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Politics
What country are we bequeathing to our children?
| February 12, 2018
The model of economic liberalism in place has profoundly widened inequalities, failed to assure inclusive prosperity for all or meet the aspirational needs of people
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Economy
Has government lost it?
| January 22, 2018
Cats cannot be set among the pigeons. How can the newly created Economic Development Board (EDB) have a majority of 6 out of its 8 directors from the
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