Month: May 2007
Famous French author, Honoré de Balzac (original name Honoré Balssa) was born on 20 May 1799 at Tours, France. He is considered as one of the greatest fiction writers …
The phenomenal waves that hit our island last weekend are expected to subside. Among the six missing, four were found dead. They were pushed ashore by the waves. One …
Write, write, write; and keep to a schedule. This is one of the basics every aspiring writer learns. Whether it’s enough to keep to a schedule or to a …
My post “Will it chill?” has been featured in the Carnival of Cities – Roam Around the World, which is up. This time they’ve included some photos too. Enjoy. Alfa KingMauritian residing in Rodrigues, Amanoola Khayrattee (pen name Alfa King) is contributing writer and journalist to La Gazette …
An unprecedented tidal wave hit the mascarene islands on Saturday night. Waves with average height of 5 to 6 metres and peaks of 10 to 11 metres caused considerable …
Something is wrong somewhere. We’ve always been used to seeing the government and the private sector in good terms, with common stand even in difficult economic contexts. Everybody is …
Amazing. He’s got up. Thank God. I couldn’t believe. You wouldn’t, had you seen him at Jawaharlall Nehru Hospital in Rose Belle. It’s exactly one month since my niece’s …
So the National Pay Council (NPC) held its first meeting today despite union uproar. Other meetings are scheduled in the days to come. The main issue on the table …
We are now in the transition period to winter, here in Mauritius. Nice period; getting cooler as we plunge into the middle months of the year, although on some …
I didn’t go to work today. I had to take a sick leave. I woke up with a severe headache. The pain was on the right side of the …