Category: Features

MT 60 Yrs Ago — 3rd Year – No. 94  — Friday 25th May 1956

Is it not pointless – and just plain greed – to continue to accumulate massive wealth beyond a certain comfortable threshold? — By Mrinal Roy

While the country takes pride in the accelerated rate of growth of Gross Per Capita income, the stark reality is that these figures actually hide an unsustainable two-speed

No less deserving of the population’s thanks, gratitude and congratulations are the members of that much reviled tribe called civil servants, who were d’arrache-pied to ensure the security

The Mauritian body politic will have at some stage to grapple with some “wicked” issues that many believe are fundamental to our future — By S. Callikan

Mindlessly, we allow ourselves to become the echo-chambers of the very people who won’t allow the downtrodden to improve their lives, to become part of the mainstream… — By

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

Mahatma Gandhi is considered as the Father of the Nation by Indians and is revered worldwide for the philosophy that guided him — By Nita Chicooree-Mercier

We are living in an era of change. The old order is crumbling down giving room to an age of questioning — By Jati Bhai

Cats cannot be set among the pigeons. How can the newly created Economic Development Board (EDB) have a majority of 6 out of its 8 directors from the

The epidemic is already raging and any further delay will be catastrophic

with the Economic Development Board, established and existing private sector businesses are being called upon to control every aspect of future business development in Mauritius…

Rather than addressing who is going to take up the reins of government at the next turn, the priority should have been to address the issue of correct

Les revendications conservatrices se font-elles, en façade, au nom du patrimoine ? Serait-ce un concept fourre-tout qui arrange les intérêts des uns et des autres ?

Governor Pope Hennessy’s decision to support the majority pushed us forward on our march towards responsibility in the management of our own affairs