On February 18, 1999 Joseph Réginald Topize, alias Kaya, was arrested for smoking marijuana at a meeting organised by the Mouvement Republicain Party. He died in custody three days later. His death sparked a wave of protest in urban areas and three days of unrest in Mauritius, forcing the closure of all schools, businesses and [...]
In 2006, most Mauritians seemed to be against the then Mr Sithanen. However, at that time, I thought he was, by far, the best minister in the Labour cabinet. His financial policy seemed audacious and radically different from his predecessors (including himself – when he was Chancellor under SAJ). I somehow felt that his courageous [...]
Many Mauritians seem to be obsessed with neutrality. You can’t openly say you are pro-MMM or pro-Labour without being viewed as some biased retard. You can no more express yourself on the Palestinian issue or the 9/11 without being tagged as an Islamist fanatic or an Islamophobe. It now seems a newspaper cannot openly endorse [...]
I do not, and never will, understand the panic in Mauritius right now. H1N1 killed a few people; so what? Flu kills, everyone knows that! We are not dealing with Spanish flu here; the mortality rate is not alarming. Actually, I think now is the best time to catch H1N1.
