{"id":2184,"date":"2013-03-08T09:16:58","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T09:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/2013\/03\/08\/shakuntala-boolell-7\/"},"modified":"2019-03-26T20:56:37","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T16:56:37","slug":"shakuntala-boolell-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mauritiustimes.com\/mt\/shakuntala-boolell-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Jagadish Manrakhan et sa contribution \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle nationale"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Shakuntala Boolell<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Vendredi 1<\/span>er<\/sup> mars 2013, Professeur Manrakhan s\u2019en est all\u00e9 discr\u00e8tement. On le connaissait tous comme un homme d\u2019une grande sobri\u00e9t\u00e9 qui ne faisait pas \u00e9talage de son \u00e9rudition. Le destin a voulu qu\u2019il soit loin de son pays mais proche de ceux qu\u2019il affectionnait. Sa disparition doit toucher plus d\u2019un \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Maurice. Il y avait assum\u00e9 le poste de Vice-chancelier de 1979 \u00e0 1995 et c\u00f4toy\u00e9 des charg\u00e9s de cours de multiples formations.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Or, Professeur Manrakhan n\u2019\u00e9tait pas gestionnaire tout court mais il \u00e9tait aussi visionnaire\u00a0; et il n\u2019en a que plus de m\u00e9rite. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 ce Vice-chancelier attentif aux suggestions du Professeur Roland Lamusse, Doyen de la facult\u00e9 des sciences sociales \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9poque, le Department of Humanities a \u00e9t\u00e9 cr\u00e9\u00e9.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cette \u00e9tape \u00e9tait importante pour une population qui n\u2019avait pas les moyens de poursuivre des \u00e9tudes en Grande Bretagne, en France ou ailleurs. Qui ont le plus profit\u00e9 et profitent encore des \u00e9tudes en langues, litt\u00e9ratures, Histoire et anthropologie\u00a0? Ce sont les filles avec des r\u00e9sultats honorables et provenant de Bambous, Terre Rouge, Flacq, Rose Belle, etc. En l\u2019espace de 20 ans, beaucoup de dipl\u00f4mes de BA Joint Humanities ont \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9cern\u00e9s et plusieurs filles ont eu des postes de responsabilit\u00e9 croissante \u2013 secr\u00e9taire dans les ambassades, secr\u00e9taire de r\u00e9daction dans la presse, ou chef de d\u00e9partement dans un coll\u00e8ge secondaire. Une autre \u00e9tape a m\u00eame \u00e9t\u00e9 franchie avec l\u2019introduction des d\u00e9partements d\u2019anglais, de fran\u00e7ais et d\u2019Histoire.<\/span><\/p>\n

De formation plus scientifico-\u00e9conomique avec une ma\u00eetrise en \u00e9conomie agricole de Reading (Angleterre), Professeur Manrakhan n\u2019en \u00e9tait pas moins un po\u00e8te. Son livre \u2018Varsity at R\u00e9duit\u2019<\/em> s\u2019ouvre avec un po\u00e8me I am 25, I\u2019m on overdrive\u00a0!<\/em> Il chante l\u2019immortalit\u00e9 et la gloire de la culture. Avec des accents shakespeariens \u00ab\u00a0Now I bow to Your wish – to envisage the World as my Stage\u00a0\u00bb il montre son \u00e9lan au service de la patrie. <\/span>Et il l\u2019a bien servie.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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* Published in print edition on 8 March 2013<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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