Category: Features

Mauritius Times – 60 Years Ago

An unequivocal decision against PR was taken by the people and architects of our independence as early as in 1956. Those who do not heed or learn the

May 1st has become a tamasha for political parties for gauging their strength. But come the ballot day, the people do what they think they have to do…

We are not alone in the world to be staring squarely at a challenging situation where an electoral and democratic process is being contaminated if not derailed by

Undue interference by Ministers into the day-to-day operations, lack of autonomy for decision making by management… all result into poor performance leading to financial conundrums

If we are all the same then we have little or nothing to share and thus to enrich each other. If we are from different backgrounds, then we

We have still a lot to learn from our mistakes and experience before we can evolve a pattern of Social Service that would meet the needs of the

At what point do political contributions become a pure transactional arrangement based on “give and take”? Have our political parties become mere instruments of wealth accumulation for their

It is unacceptable that some hotels should place limits on the expression of the very diversity which appeals to the tourists who have gone beyond the stage of

While some are still obsessed with ways to bend the rules to rig the election results through proportional representation, the digital age voter profiling companies like Cambridge Analytica

Kris Manjapra’s new perspective will throw fresh light on our history as we follow the movement of capital from compensation money through the plantation complex, financial institutions and

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

By Peter Ibbotson, Enid Lakeman & John Fitzgerald

Political parties must above all be a democratic forum of healthy debate, ideas and initiatives for the betterment of the country and the people. This is far from

Progressive form of Social Democracy and Stakeholder Capitalism