No country can safeguard its democracy if the people, democrats from all walks of life, do not stand up like one man to defend democratic principles whenever democracy
Eyes blinded by the fog of things cannot see truth Ears deafened by the din of things cannot hear truth Brains bewildered by the whirl of things cannot
GDP growth appears to be unaffected by changes in interest rates in the economy The Bank of Mauritius (BoM) stated on 20th February that its Monetary Policy Committee
and the Dangers of Miscalculated Reforms in Our Electoral System One of the specialities of a certain brand of doing politics is to identify potential social fractures, and
We don’t know yet whether the existing order will collect itself before it is too late. If it ceases to operate as it has done with increasing interconnectedness
Two Comments on the Change of Guard A change in leadership can be an opportunity for a radical change in style and substance. Will this happen? The next
Ex-Minister of Education 2005-08 One of the enduring facets of our present education system is the laureate scheme which rewards outstanding academic performance of our young students taking
It is a harsh world out there. Unless we transform meaningfully and integrate everyone from top to bottom into a globally relevant domestic production machine, we’ll miss the
In the past two decades or so, at the approach of the general elections, the general feeling and popular conversation has been about the need of a troisième
We are seeing the world over how divisiveness is threatening the established world order, without necessarily offering a viable alternative. It is the reason we should lay a
‘64 million Britons didn’t sign a petition…’; so read one blog last week after an estimated one million Britishers signed a petition against the proposed visit of US
Whenever people disagree with the authorities in a democratic country, it is their duty to protest. In the words of the veteran Labour MP Tony Benn, ‘Protest is
At any given time the range of possibilities is determined by what has gone before (determinism), but within this range genuine choices are possible (voluntarism). — P. Sweezy
After all the ups and downs of the several past weeks, a new government headed by Pravind Jugnauth as Prime Minister has been formed. The latter reconstituted the
