Category: Society

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier

Letter from New Delhi

Breakfast with Bwana

The question is: as we have turned the page on 2020, can we do a similar, moral turnaround within ourselves?

The most perilous job has been futurology, making predictions about the future. No model could anticipate what was happening, and it is going to be the same for

Covid-19 has made many rethink social gatherings. But for Indian weddings, the lure of the lavish tradition might be stronger than the pandemic

Whoever one talks to these days cannot but feel a certain sense of despondency about what the future holds for us both individually and collectively

A dose of the spirit of service for its own sake is surely the critical need of the times. The reward can be blessings without compare…

We are ourselves a nation of immigrants, and throughout history peoples have migrated all over the world. But the scenarios are now different

One cannot continue to lament about the decline of our social fabric, the loss of moral values, the lack of respect for parents and elders, increasing violence and

Problems and pressures affecting the Mauritian family vary from family to family or within the same family, but what is crucially lacking is the general lack of preparedness

Social mobility can be both a boon and a bane. The choice is ours to make, and unless we make a return to at least some of the

Les nombreux appels des membres du public à certains membres des institutions scolaires/universitaires indiquent clairement que le seuil de tolérance face à la consommation de boissons alcoolisées a

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier

Mauritian society today nurtures its own segregation practices whether in the form of gated communities built on colour, religion, ethnicity and class