Category: Mauritius at 50

50th Independence Day

Every nation deserves to have, or should have, an official national anthem and an unofficial one usually in the form of a Hymn

Interview: Manou Bheenick

Indépendance et société mauricienne

It is now time to face the challenges that are coming up in ways that seek the best from all citizens and that are less antagonistic and confrontational 

It is pointless to plan for the next 50 years. We first need to fix the present to ensure a better future. We therefore need to reboot the

50th Anniversary of the Nation

The fundamental question that the youth must ask themselves is whether they want to be latter-day ‘coolies’, or whether they would prefer to leave the beaten tracks and

The detachment of Chagos 

Interview : Yannick Gounden  — De l’île Maurice à la France

Western powers, like France and the US will have to accept a more complex interplay of regional powers and their strategic interests in the Indian Ocean. How the

Why can’t those who have other skills become torchbearers who will put their skills at the disposal of a new Mauritius. We need to harness all their aptitudes

At the rate that we are going in Mauritius, perhaps only state intervention can help in the redistribution of wealth, though not ‘à la Mugabe’ as in Zimbabwe,

  See your Sunday trip to the beach, your friendly chat with a neighbour or your child’s education in the context of the Mauritian legacy, and perhaps it

Jose Poncini’s promoting the concept of delocalization and the institutional endorsement provided by James Meade made of them the true pioneers of the EPZ in Mauritius