Category: Features

 By R. K. Boodhun —  MT 60 Years Ago 3rd Year No 78 – Friday 3rd February 1956 •       The statesman shears the sheep, the politician skins them.

Mauritius is not an exception. Let the local political class not kid themselves. The people are fed up with all the political class and their leaders irrespective of

Provisional Charges Dropped The Curepipe Court decided on Tuesday last to drop the charges on which the two daughters and son-in-law of Dawood Rawat were arrested following the

Depuis quelques années, les quotas ont changé les donnes. Les hommes ont cédé malgré eux-mêmes souvent leur place au profit des femmes. Ce qui explique que sous l’ancien

By Somduth Bhuckory —  MT 60 Years Ago  3rd Year No 78 – Friday 3rd February 1956  The admission campaign is going from strength to strength. As the

Current international tensions call for preparedness on our part on a non-partisan basis, by bouncing what-if ideas among well-meaning interested parties. It is important to look beyond our

We thought we were progressing towards a world of greater inclusiveness and wider, deeper integration. Suddenly, the horizon is now darkened by the ghost of identity politics that

Letter from New Delhi An author, a playwright, a dramatist, a journalist, an educationist, a littérateur and, above all, a gentle and loving soul, Bhismadev Seebaluck is no

As is the case in Britain, will the government have the grit to test its legitimacy by calling for urgent general elections? This week is rich in events.

While the media highlights main frontrunners in the French presidential race, small parties with an increasing following are not only ignored but their candidates are overtly criticized and

Listed companies must gear up for the new normal What can be termed the New Mauritius Hotels (NMH) Saga has been making the headlines in the financial press

We are condemned to achieve all of our energy needs from renewables in the shortest possible time. Wouldn’t be wonderful then to ride on 100% clean, green trams

Issues concerning the quality of teaching and research at the University should be debated at all levels so that in the end, an enabling environment can be created

Ever since settlement took place in Mauritius, starting with the Dutch (which however was not a permanent one), the various colonisers have left the imprint of their languages.

Titbits — Some years ago we wrote an article, ‘Why does China have such a short-sighted Tibet policy?’ This was at a time when the Uyghurs in the