Month: April 2010

Full steam ahead for L’Alliance de l’Avenir    The Manifesto of the Alliance de l’Avenir is on the whole a very encouraging document, promising to right the hurts

Rituel quinquennal et vote blanc  — JOONEED JEEROBURKHAN  Les élections du 5 mai vont être, plus que jamais, une pure formalité. L’issue en a été scellée longtemps à

What prospects for our villages?   We should expect that like-minded people taking on board the better educated younger generation of young men as well as young women

What a long road we have travelled!   — Dr R Neerunjun Gopee   Over the weekend I caught up with my elderly friend again. I think we

2010 Elections: Fundamental Issue Control and distribution of economic and financial resources  Using the powerful means at their disposal, some interest groups have drummed in the false argument

The choice is clear. Good luck Mauritius!  The elections are a few days away. By the close of the polls on 5 May Mauritius will have an indication

  The Tree of Knowledge Be Eco-centric, Not Ego-centric  The ‘Earth Pilgrim’ Satish Kumar was ordained as a Jain monk at nine, but at 18, was inspired by

Interview: Dr Navin Ramgoolam, Leader de l’Alliance de l’Avenir       « Le MMM est tout près de subir sa pire défaite électorale depuis 1976 »     *

Points to Ponder   Electioneering and Communalism   A First Point: In these days of electoral campaigning, Paul Bérenger of the MMM and Jocelyn Grégoire of the Front

Political Choice The agenda of ethnic division should not be allowed to go through  Voters have a crucial vote facing them on May 5th. When the government was

Elections 2010 : Analyse – Prévisions   PTr-PMSD-MSM : 41 — MMM-UN-MMSD : 19    Comme lors des législatives de 2005 nous vous proposons une analyse approfondie de celles du 5

Readers’ Response/ Opinion    To Our Readers     Your views are of interest to us. They help us balance the argument in the correct perspective. We welcome you

Education: How free and how fair and at what cost?— Nita Chicooree What difference is there between an eighteen-year old Mauritian HSC holder with excellent grades and a

The Timid Recovery: New Challenges   — V. BHARDWAJ    Le gratin of the public sector — always available for free lectures especially if they are from foreign

The Tree of Knowledge The Third Eye   Interest in a third eye can be traced back to the Cyclops in Homer’s Odyssey and to the Hindu ‘Third Eye