Infertility, you said? What is it about infertility that people make such a big fuss over it? A woman being unable to get a child is just the same as a person who is blind or deaf or mute!

Holi , the festival of colours, is celebrated with fast and enthusiasm by Hindus all over the world. Merry making , singing and dancing , sprinkling of coloured water on foes and friends alike are the hallmark of this festival that is fast catching up the rhythm of the days or yore when whole villages mobilised to celebrate it with pomp and pageantry with an effusion of colours  and passion. Some drank bhang , a posset, that gave the same sensation as cannabis.

This is an old cliche used by all sociologists and social historians. It's a phenomenon present all over the world. England the most socialist country is hard hit by it .

The following poem was read at a concert organized by the National Sai Organization on Friday last in favour of the Haitian people. Bal Vikas children mimed the actions with an appropriate background music while a boy and a girl recited the poem. 

MBC soccer fans
MBC has never before treated its faithful clients in such a way. So far the station has been leaving no stone unturned for the greater pleasure and satisfaction of the viewers.These viewers are mostly soccer fans and cannot afford the private channels.

It takes us long
It takes us long to grow and understand
The simple things of life that matter most.
We rarely take the time to ask ourselves
What are the things we need to be happy.

International Women’s Day on March 8  is an opportune time to spare a thought for the hundreds of thousands of women in Mauritius who are active in the economy and at home but are much less visible in the media than their ‘sisters’ further up the social and economic ladder.

After a lull, the Tobin Tax advocated by ATTAC seems to have been reincarnated. A coalition of UK charities, trade unions, church organisations and green groups are officially asking for support to a “tiny tax” on bank's financial transactions.

In the run up to this year’s poll, all political powerhouses are gearing up their activists and resurrecting their political bases, namely past voters, social groups and other circles of influence. However, one major obstacle has already begun to float to the surface, and this is voter demands.

Last week a one line statement on the TV by a scantily clad lady claiming respect for women provoked laughter and some nasty comments from the viewers.They did not mince their words.

The HSC results which came out on February 8 caused much hustle and bustle among the Mauritian population. The reason: the number of laureates that the star colleges had obtained compared to the good results that other smaller colleges had got, including the first laureate from Sodnac S.S.S.

CEB , it seems, is run on an amateurish basis as it continues to incur losses  year in, year out and ironically enough, the wretched consumer is made to pay for these losses  that are due to maladministration. There are many little shortcomings in the administration that cost millions of rupees.

Call it by any name: zoo, prison or anything. One thing is clear: our rulers have lost the sense of aesthetics. They are turning beautiful good looking towns into zoos and prisons.Visit Rose Hill. Once a really beautiful and rosy town, it has lost its charm and glamour.

Battle of the Titans
Laidback responds: “…Governor who has done an excellent job in raising foreign exchange reserves at an unprecedented level, keeping inflationary pressures at bay, and managing the financial economy marvellously well in spite of pressures from big businesses and exporters.”

The weekend news agenda has been rife with Mansoor bashing. It all kicked off with his controversial HR guidelines and now we are lifting the lid on allegations of harassment on a senior civil servant at the Finance Ministry. But who is the real loser? Is it the civil servants, Mansoor or the taxpayer?