Author: Mauritius Times

Better tread carefully on thin ice    The newly appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce has stated that in view of the fact that the deal with the

The uses of nostalgia: the presence of the past…  Dr R Neerunjun Gopee  In his The Summing-Up English author Somerset Maugham wrote something that I recall from memory,

The Tree of Knowledge The Art of Living Look at the pose in which Krishna stands. He has one foot on the ground, and the other crosses over

The MES Report on English and the need to develop the Culture of Reading   The medium of instruction should not be the issue. The issue facing educators

Freedom of Expression and Media Censorship  Government’s decision to launch an official boycott of l’express through its departments is wrong in principle and in law. The newly appointed

Towards the slow but sure demise of the small/medium sugarcane planter sector   Early this year a private bank launched a credit card targeting sugarcane planters, with the

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 to draw our

L’année 2010 a été déclarée « Année de la diversité biologique » par l’Assemblée générale des Nations-Unies. Chaque pays, ayant ratifié la Convention sur la diversité biologique, est invité  à

Nouveau départ   Chacun pourra trouver dans les résultats des urnes des sujets de satisfaction, semble-t-il. L’Alliance sociale, en s’ouvrant au MSM, rajeunit et renouvelle son équipe d’élus, lui

The Tree of Knowledge   Cosmic Illumination   Sunlight not only drives out darkness in the external world, it helps us to look within, into the innermost recesses

Time to resolve the Chagos saga — Sean Carey It was crafty of David Miliband to announce the establishment of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the British

Mucking around the Constitution    — R.V.    Now that the general elections are over and the political rhetoric has been shelved for the next five years, it is high

When pigs stop partying — Percy Mistry  Extraordinary events have unfolded over the last six months. The apparently ‘sudden and shocking’ discovery of sustained Greek over-spending — resulting

Interview: Nita Deerpalsing      “The Labour Party can proudly say that in Parliament, it is more or less representative of the Mauritian nation”

La gauche et le communalisme : retour aux références de base   — Jooneed Jeeroburkhan  J’essaie, depuis Montréal, de m’impliquer dans les débats d’idées de nos médias en ligne,