Category: Features

Last week the editorial in this paper posed a query: ‘Are we losing our way?’ We are afraid that in fact the malady may be worse – in

Indeed, the dismantling of a family business which took fifty years to build is a sad day for the CEO and his relatives who are witnessing all the

The deals contracted in the past week depict such contrasting fates for Greece and Iran. Europe, which owes so much to Greek civilization and its rich legacy of

Depending on one’s age and preferences, whiling away winter evenings can be utterly boring or pleasant. In our modern times, multiple channels on the TV, innumerable websites and

I am a book lover, having grown up in the enchanting atmosphere of the Nalanda Bookshop and smelled the ink of fresh pages of the Mauritius Times every

“We have found in our history that we cannot take political and social stability for granted, that economic and democratic development is not an inexorable march towards progress,

Last week, we examined the legality of the decision of the Bank of Mauritius (BoM) to advance liquid funds to the Special Administrators of the erstwhile British American

The question that arises is whether, as a people, we have been demanding enough in the standards we expect from our governing body since Independence. The answer is

MT 60 Years Ago – 2nd YEAR NO. 42 – 27th May 1955

MT 60 Years Ago – 2nd YEAR NO. 41 – 20th May 1955

Less than one month ago, Star Knitwear, was seen to have accumulated such a large amount of debt that it sank under the weight of the debt, the

A government moulds a country’s future by giving a fresh look to the affairs of the country in terms of the security of state, management of economy, protection

Some future historian of Mauritius will perhaps wonder how ever a simple building came to dominate almost two decades of Mauritian life. Medpoint Hospital, as it was called,

The past week has been so eventful that it would not be possible to fully do justice to all the items of interest for our readers. We have

“A Festival is more than a Festival…” — Jean Duvignaud, ‘Festivals: A Sociological Approach’ Kala Utsav: The festival of visual and performing arts held on Friday last at