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The Fate of the Sugar Industry on the Island of Ma...

The Fate of the Sugar Industry on the Island of Mauritius Getting up at 4 o’clock in the morning is a ritual for Parmanen Seeruthun: he gets his bicycle ready, picks up the lunch packet prepared by his caring wife, gives her a kiss on the cheek and then off he goes in the dark. For over 40 years this has been his daily routine. This 64 year old resident of Triolet [a village in Northern Mauritius], starts his long and...

MORE TOURIST DEATHS – MORE UNPUNISHED NEGLIGENCE?...

MORE TOURIST DEATHS – MORE UNPUNISHED NEGLIGENCE?  God knows, the case blotted the Mauritius copybook badly insofar as tourist safety is concerned. A tourist murdered in her own hotel room – and despite the fact that this is a well policed environment with CCTV and monitoring of personnel – no one convicted and no justice for the victim. Now two more tourists have been killed – this time by a marauding speedboat...

MAURITIUS ELECTIONS 2014 – WHAT NEXT?

  MAURITIUS ELECTIONS 2014 – WHAT NEXT?   They are calling it a tsunami in Mauritius.This conjures up an image of the octogenarian SAJ riding in on the crest of a destructive wave – hardly an appropriate metaphor. The result WAS unpredictable, however.  On 6th October, shortly after the Mauritius Parliament was dissolved, the Daily Mail published an article, quoting Jocelyn Chan Low, who stated “The...

Just another day in paradise?

  Just another day in Paradise? As the 12th of March approaches and preparations for events to mark the anniversary of independence once again get underway – we may well ask ourselves what are we really celebrating? For most people, the event symbolizes the fact that we are no longer a colony, but instead have a greater measure of control over our political destiny by virtue of our right as adults to a democratic...

A Triangular Perspective on the Chagos Issue

 A Triangular Perspective on the Chagos Issue Let’s look at the Chagos archipelago issue from a new angle.  Perhaps the question we should be asking ourselves is whose interests this whole charade has served best? As things stand the real winners out of the sorry saga are most likely to be the law firms who stand to pocket the lion’s share of any further compensation awarded. If we are indeed...

Scope of our Creole Language

Scope of our Creole Language After over 40 years of independence, we found ourselves still relying only on the two european languages (English and French) as windows onto the world. Despite that these two languages will always be important and useful codes in our communication, our Creole language should be refined and codified, in order to attain similar status with the other two languages. Our Creole language has been in...