Superman! Spiderman! These are the fictious heroes of our life. Do you want to become a real hero in life? The answer is simple; if you are a blood donor, you are a life saving hero to someone. Blood costs nothing to give yet it is more valuable than any resources on earth and a donation to the unknown without any consideration of caste, religion, colour or sex only on humanitarian grounds. 

Mauritius Telecom has reported a whopping Rs 8 billion turnover for the year 2012 and profits for the same year stood at Rs 2.5 billion. Profit after Tax were Rs1.8 billion, a decrease of 4.1% over 2011.

Mauritians are excelling in their studies both at national and international levels. For the past seven years, a large number of Mauritian students have been ranked Top of the World at the Cambridge International Examinations at ‘O’-Level, ‘AS’-Level and ‘A’-Level. This year, 38 students have topped the exams that are conducted in more than 50 countries.

There are a thousand ways to live, but only one way to die, and that is: to die. There are weak moments in life when you just want to kill yourself - whatever may be the reason, it is an impulse, if acted upon, drives you to that point of no return and then when you are dying - you want to live and be alive anyhow. Life does not want to leave the body easily. Try remaining underwater for more than 30 seconds and you would know.

Private cars plying as ‘taxis’ is now a very common phenomenon in Mauritius. Many people are obliged to travel by illegal taxis simply because they cannot find alternative reliable transport.

Love is a universal language. Mystics, philosophers, saints and scholars have discussed this universal language at length. Human beings have experienced its glory according to their own capacity and competence but still complete definition of Love needs spiritual interpretations.

When you hear of Islam, what is the first thing which comes to your mind? For many people, the first thing which comes to their mind is the ‘oppression of women’. Unfortunately these ideas have been forced into the mind of people who do not know about Islam well. Are Muslim women really oppressed?

The BUAV Save our Monkeys campaign (www.SaveOurMonkeys.mu) has renewed its call for Mauritius to end the export of long-tailed macaques following the release of new data showing a shockingly high number of monkeys exported from Mauritius for animal experiments during 2012.