Tag: Sada Reddi

More than ever dissent has become the only way to hold on to democracy

Today we are more educated; there is no shortage of ideas, expertise in many fields is available in the country and abroad, yet we are unable to create

Epidemic mortality was very high suggesting that short-term measures needed to be supplemented by a more fundamental and long-term approach to public health policy in the island

Once in power, populist governments, after a brief honeymoon with the people, have had to resort to totalitarianism to remain in power

The new elite relies solely on the state for its survival, for jobs, resources, security, honour and status. However both the new and the old elites one are

One cannot continue to lament about the decline of our social fabric, the loss of moral values, the lack of respect for parents and elders, increasing violence and

Problems and pressures affecting the Mauritian family vary from family to family or within the same family, but what is crucially lacking is the general lack of preparedness

Mauritian society today nurtures its own segregation practices whether in the form of gated communities built on colour, religion, ethnicity and class

The measures which brought about the welfare state – the moral economy of the people – formed the basis of our development

and we must contribute to shape it the way we want and not abdicate our duty and responsibility to those who want to take us back to feudal

The active participation of the people can and will only further the causes of democracy, liberty and social justice. We can only expect that some sanity will be

By Sada Reddi

Once a government and its institutions lose legitimacy, it opens the way for chaos and this is not what we need during these trying times

Editorial

In any society, freedom, democracy and development are all closely linked. Neither democracy nor development can be achieved without civic right and freedom