Sobhanund Seeparsad
Editor of News On Sunday. Did university studies in the UK and India. Holds an MA , BA (Hons), BCom, PGCE, PCCGE, Diploma in Journalism (IPI-Zurich). Worked in Nairobi and Mumbai. Was chief Sub Editor Indian Express Group of Papers in 70s. Author: Effective Notes on Milton Paradise Lost BK IX (1963); Granper Rakont Nu Enn Zistwar (1998). Also acted in many short and feature films, including popular TV serial C'est La Vie. Tells a folk story in Bhojpuri on MBC radio daily.
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Blogs by this Author
GEMSA tabloids
- By Sobhanund Seeparsad
- Published 16th May, 2008
Gender and Media Southern Africa (GEMSA) has published a research on “Gender and tabloids in Southern Africa” that focuses on gender representation and portrayal in tabloids and audience r...
India lags behind
- By Sobhanund Seeparsad
- Published 9th May, 2008
There's no doubt that India and China are the two rising economic giants in the East that will dominate the world economy during this millennium. Both countries are growing at a remarkable speed and a...
The spirit of May Day
- By Sobhanund Seeparsad
- Published 1st May, 2008
I have a feeling that May Day has lost its true spirit. It's no longer a day when workers sit together in their respective unions to take stock of their situation, brainstorm to eradicate exploitation...
Rising import bill
- By Sobhanund Seeparsad
- Published 18th April, 2008
We import food items for almost Rs 18 billion annually. This means we are sending our money to other countries so that we can buy food to feed our population. In doing so, we are creating jobs and a b...
PM’s faux pas
- By Sobhanund Seeparsad
- Published 11th April, 2008
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Unity regained
- By Sobhanund Seeparsad
- Published 14th March, 2008
Mauritians celebrated the 40th Independence anniversary in a way never witnessed before. This time, it was really a fête for EVERYBODY. The plural society, supposedly divided on many issues, sho...
Dealing with law and order
- By Sobhanund Seeparsad
- Published 7th March, 2008
Dr Dinesh Ramjuttun, former Advisor to the PM and leader of the Front Patriotique Mauricien (FPM), says the country is going through a trauma with deteriorating law and order situation and nobody fee...
Fighting poverty
- By Sobhanund Seeparsad
- Published 29th February, 2008
Much has been said and will be said, peppered with brickbats and unwarranted vitriol, on the targetting of subsidies to alleviate poverty in the country. Ever since the measure was mooted by the Finan...
Harigaon speech
- By Sobhanund Seeparsad
- Published 22nd February, 2008
The PM was on a three-day official visit to the State of Bihar, in India, from Monday to Wednesday this week. His tour took him to Patna, the capital, and to Harigaon, the village of his grandfather a...
Let others work
- By Sobhanund Seeparsad
- Published 15th February, 2008
I am now convinced that there are many people out there who think they know everything, can give expert opinion on everything under the sun, can advise whoever they want even if they haven't an iota o...
