Tag: Trou-O-Cerfs

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee About ten days ago on Sunday morning I left the road on Trou-O-Cerfs after completing my rounds and was walking on the grass

I met him on the ‘twister’ exerciser at Trou-O-Cerfs, and I initiated the conversation with this young man. It turns out he was from Sebastopol, and he was

As is the case for all Hindu religious celebrations, the core symbolism of Thai Poosam Cavadee is about surrendering one’s ego: in so doing we lift the veil

At least for now -, and we, the regular walkers and lovers of this piece of natural beauty in our little island hope that the ‘now’ means forever…

Feeling a bit achy all over the body (to paraphrase a French writer – le corps a ses raisons que la raison ne connaît pas) on Wednesday morning

In July/August 1979 I came back from the UK to spend a couple of weeks at home. There, even in summers – then – the temperatures were on

‘Football ine fini, la vie retourne normal astere’ – this is what I overheard from a group of walkers that I crossed at Trou-O-Cerfs on last Tuesday morning.

It has rained the past few days all over the island, and no need to say that in Curepipe we are especially privileged! Frankly, on Wednesday morning I

There is a time for everything. More importantly than coming in, there is a time to go, to shed illusions and delusions of grandeur and invincibility… ‘You’re sure

I am not a football nor, in general, a great sports enthusiast, but in good and pleasant company I am not averse to watching and thoroughly enjoying a

We have reached the stage in Mauritius where often we receive gifts which are duplicates of what we already have, or add to our existing stock of similar

The images that flashed on the television screen in the aftermath of cyclone Haiyan which hit the Philippines at the beginning of this week brought back memories of

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee In Curepipe at least. Call it anti-cyclone or whatever, the fact of the matter is that after a week, I really mean seven days,

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

Let’s start by being kind to each other, and we will welcome being enriched by all kinds of more humans