Month: March 2007
Thank God it’s Friday; for those who pray and for those who play. What about those who write? Happy with two days beyond the 9 to 4 schedule? To …
On this international consumer’s day, there’s another reason to celebrate, at least for us Mauritians. This date will ever be remembered, as the first visit of the 1984 Nobel …
Today I don’t feel like being able to put something down on paper. Really, I don’t have any idea what to write about. I want to, but I can’t. …
Tropical cyclone ‘Indlala” is evolving around latitude 13.0 degrees south and longitude 54.2 degrees east some 900 kilometres to the north-north-west of Mauritius. That was the position at 16.00 …
When Mauritius obtained its independence on 12 March 1968, after a moment of brief unrest and ethnic conflicts following the August 1967 elections where the Labour party obtained a …
Mauritius is celebrating its 39th independence day and its 15th republic day on the 12th March 2007. I was just 15 when Mauritius became independent from the British colonial rule. I still remember the day, it was mid-day, at the Champ de Mars (the race course) in Port Louis when the Union Jack was brought down and the four-coloured Mauritian flag was raised under the eyes of the then Governor-General, Sir John Shaw Rennie and the first Prime Minister of Mauritius, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam while the entire city was submerged in the rythm of Glory to thee motherland… Tears rolled from the eyes of many as the guns of liberty were fired. Tears of sadness. Tears of joy. Everything stood still, even the air. That was on 12th March 1968. Sir …