Author: Dr Rajagopala Soondron

Nowadays when I so often see a 5 or 20 cents coin lying on the road, I smile, pick them up and get gratified with a most memorable

It would be only later that we would realize how we had been taken for a ride; the real villain were not the Amerindians; they were defending their

Going to the pictures in the 1950s was almost like a religious ceremonial undertaking. It was the pastime of those years, to which we children would look forward

One can ask why did nature gift us with the belief that we can be anti-nature to produce greater happiness, why nature defeated itself by using us human

A piece of our folklore has gone into extinction for ever – just like our good old dodo. Never deride the ‘carnet la boutique’!

To our young mind our house and school were the most important buildings; yet, the next place that impressed us most was our Chinese corner shop

If we were to ask the immortal mages of olden times – when would they prefer to live: in the 1960s or now, what would they reply?

There were many unknown men of such grit who had contributed to the nation-building process. But to us children, our first love was always that watercress

Let’s celebrate all those simple, hardworking, honest Mauritian men of the past 50 years… They toiled and kept improving their fate by gradual and definite changes

That 1960 episode of our childhood would tell us a lot about crowd mentality; how in times of stress the human mind can become blind to reason — By

Just as fear had forced our ancestors to congregate to face a common enemy, that of being overwhelmed by an awesome sight had forced them to come together

‘Banané’ was memorable; it lasted more than 48 hours, sometimes a week even. The 2nd of January was no less special — By Dr Rajagopal Soondron

We kept playing the Santa Claus game, unwilling to bow to the fact that our innocent, naïve childhood were drawing to a close — By Dr Rajagopal Soondron

The man who discovered alcohol died centuries ago, but his spirit still lives on… and haunts us — By Dr Rajagopal Soondron

That was 30 years ago. 159 unfortunate people of 11 nationalities, including 2 Mauritians, lost their lives in that crash — By Dr Rajagopal Soondron