Bruno's Mauritian Blog

Sunday Morning, coffee in one hand and a pile of newspapers on the other, my paper review was up for a grand start until I came across this … Yatim Varma (Weekend Newspaper): “Let it be known, Mr Speaker, Sir, by one and all, that, just like Dr the Honourable Prime Minister, I am in favour of the reintroduction of capital punishment in cases of most heinous crimes, and I am also against remission for serious crimes like sexual offences, drug dealing and murder.” Next, my freshly brewed Venezuelan coffee was tossed off. Why does the Attorney General thinks a killing spree will bring crimes down in our society? The strong death penalty supporter U.S Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackburn said “I feel morally and intellectually obligated simply to concede that the death penalty experiment has failed…I no longer shall tinker with the machinery of death“. It is a quote after 20 years of being a strong believer of capital punishment.

Rs 73.6 millions of public money has been given away to religions during the last financial year. The Catholic Church is the main beneficiary with Rs 23.7 millions, followed by the Somduth Dulthummun’s Mauritius Sanatan Dharma Temples Federation, Rs 17.8 millions. Ten other institutions received Rs 32.1 millions altogether. This amount of public money is not astronomical compared with the figures involved in the wastage of public funds, as quoted by the latest Audit Report.

Mauritius is a particular country with a unique ethnic balance. With roughly 50% of the population being Hindu, 30% Christian and 20% Muslim, a simple change in birth rate for one particular segment, or a conversion campaign, can easily erode a majority. This thought seems to be troubling Ajeet Gopal, the President of the socio-cultural group Kranti.

Days after the new political alliance Labour/MSM/PMSD formed its government, the newly appointed Minister of Local Government and Outer Islands came up with the idea of converting 11 Mauritian villages into towns, and converting the existing towns into cities. According to a recent press interview, Hervé Aimée  announced that the project is 75% ready and even gave more details about the villages which ought to become towns.

Last week witnessed yet another episode in the Mauritian pornography saga: a husband discovered two clips of his wife performing sexual acts. The poor guy even feel ill afterwards, and is now considering divorce after having informed the police of the existence of these clips. The police will now analyse this clip to be able to retrace the other actor and press charges against the culprits.

The British were anxious not to be portrayed as villains during the Diego Garcia Detachment process. They hoped that Mauritius would agree on the detachment on their own accord (so as to gain a defense ally in the region). This is the content of the correspondence from Lancaster House to the Prime Minister Wilson prior [...]

This is the full length version of Paradi en dey (courtesy of Metroboy7), the censored documentary/collection of accounts from selected drug users and social workers, by Mauritian activist Jameel Peerally. I asked for permission to re-post it here so that Mauritian expats can have access to the full length movie.