Category: World Affairs

“Breaking out to a higher practicable platform is the need of the moment. What do we gain if we keep asking ourselves the question: who among our political

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In 1965 a few of us were fortunate enough to win scholarships awarded by the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. Prior to leaving for India, we were invited

Following the terrorist attack by militants from Pakistan on an Indian army base near the LOC (Line of Control) in Uri, Kashmir, the Government of Mauritius has issued

It is not the politicians from the different parties who seem to have lost the way now. It is the voters themselves

One may say that the struggle for power among major blocs has always been around. But we are increasingly coming across leaders in whose vocabulary the word ‘compromise’ is

Three important events which have occurred on the international scene recently do not seem to have obtained the attention they deserved in the national media.

Mauritius can top all indices in Africa but does not match up to the highest standards of the best democracies of the world

The African Safari of Indian Prime Minister Narendera Modi was noticeable by being different in his interaction with the Indian Diaspora.

Success is no doubt exhilarating, but even more so is overcoming the hurdles on the way, each one in its own time. Until the last one, and we

The die is cast. Britain has woken up to the sobering aftermath of Brexit and the pitfalls ahead

Following the Brexit vote, I came across the term ‘Disunited kingdom’ in an online post commenting on the UK leaving the European Union.

In this globalised world, we cannot help being impacted by events that take place at the global level in more ways than one – in all aspects of

The two news items currently making the headlines in America are the nomination of Mrs Hillary Clinton as the first ever woman presidential candidate and the condemnation of

Since about three months now economic activity in France has been virtually paralysed by protests and demonstrations led by students and labour unions, a feature reminiscent of the