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Review of a by-election

The by-election victory of the Labour party is full of significance and is different from all other by-elections we had in this country. If one...

Government’s Self-Imposed New Homes Target

1,063 is the number of housing units built by the National Housing Development Company (NHDC) between January 2015 and July 2017. 11,356 is the...

Personal reflections on NEW YEAR

For many millennia, during the festive season, every individual will be wishing his close ones to have a happy and prosperous New Year. This...

PSAC | De la RUSE, du CAMOUFLAGE et du MENSONGE

Les résultats du PSAC ont été publiés. Il n’y a pas eu de ‘No School Cases’.  Tous les enfants ont pu être admis dans...

Does Feminism Scare?

“Feminism” was declared Word of the Year 2017 by Merriam-Webster. Undoubtedly, in 2017, women’s voices reverberated. Women have marked the year on various fronts,...

The Federer of film

There has never been an actor as obsessive as Day-Lewis. He dons the role as if it were a handmade suit. He is a...

The Arya Samaj and its activities in Mauritius

The seed of the Arya Samaj was haphazardly sown on Mauritian soil in 1898 by Subedar Bholanath Tiwari of the 1st Bengal Infantry who...

An eminent sugar technologist of our diaspora

Jacques René Albert-Thenet was born on Beau Champ Sugar Estate, Mauritius on 18 October 1940. He first earned a diploma in Agriculture, Engineering and...

Affichage sauvage

« Le respect des lois rend les villes florissantes. » Euripide (Ve s. av. J.-C.) Maison à vendre ou à louer; école maternelle à la...

(Dis)Connected Moris

Road networks and their users tend to provide a reliable gauge for the relative strength of the rule of law and the civic sense...

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