Category: Features

Mauritius Times 60 Years Ago Although Rozemont was the President of Labour, it has always been said that Dr Ramgoolam was its virtual leader. Will Ramgoolam step into

The bottom line where any country is concerned is that it is only as strong as its institutions are

The elections of 7th August 1967 was the decisive moment in the historical/constitutional development of Mauritius as validated by future events

New elections were the necessary prerequisite to decide on the ultimate status of Mauritius as was agreed at the 1965 Mauritius Constitutional Conference at Lancaster House

Public debate and input must inform any eventual decision, because the politician will be too apt to give in to populism

The current tense geopolitical situation doesn’t augur much good for lifting up economies like ours caught in a web of slack global economic growth

New blood is required, sure, but it must be tempered with wisdom, which is not the forte of youth

Huge disparities in salaries and lifestyles are a form of aggression in an ever-flooded market of goods, luxuries and gadgets while salaries are not inflated

On the east side of Duperre street, there once lived a lucky young prince sometime in the past

Unless government puts its house in order through good governance, equity and probity, it is anathema for people to subscribe to fundamentally flawed decisions

Lots of substances are routinely used by athletes so it’s reasonable to ask what counts as “doping” and what counts as “legitimate” performance enhancer

Indentured labour and the Independence of India will be discussed next week by academics from around the world

The idea of dying is so scary to us that we do all imaginable or unimaginable things to prevent death or at least delay dying

The constitutional proposals are nothing but organised gerrymandering designed to confer sectional advantages on the minorities by denying social and political justice to the majority

The causes championed have to be right, not selective. Protests have to uphold causes benefitting the public interest rather than be targeted against specific projects