Le Mauricien ltd Dawood Auleear, président de l’ALIF Society : « Bien que la nourriture soit un besoin fondamental, l’agriculture n’est pas bien rémunérée » 9 Juin 2020 09h00 Dans cette interview accordée au Mauricien, Dawood Auleear, président de l’ALIF Society, souligne le paradoxe qui fait que « bien que la nourriture soit un besoin fondamental, l’agriculture n’est pas bien rémunérée ». Il plaide également pour un retour agressif à l’enseignement des valeurs en classe. Aujourd’hui à la retraite, Dawood Auleear s’est illustré dans une longue carrière au sein de l’éducation et du social. Très actif sur le plan syndical, il [...]

  Mahendra K. Mishra - Review of Dawood Auleear and Lee Haring, translators, Dawood Auleear and Lee Haring, editors, Indian Folktales from Mauritius Dawood Auleear and Lee Haring, translators, Dawood Auleear and Lee Haring, editors. Indian Folktales from Mauritius. Nungambakkam: National Folklore Support Centre, 2006. 116 pages. ISBN: 81-901481-7-6 (soft cover). Reviewed by: Mahendra K. Mishra Independent Scholar This collection of folktales from Mauritius by Dawood Auleear and Lee Haring, with its focus upon narratives that have been brought from one country to another and that cut across geography, language, and time, reminds one of the old theories of the migration [...]

Bhojpuri Mahotsav 2024 By Dawood Auleear This week marks the launching of Bhojpuri Mahotsav 2024 in Mauritius with the participation of international delegates and local organisations: Bhojpuri Speaking Union, the MGI and Aapravasi Ghat Trust Fund. The opening ceremony will be performed by our Prime Minister and the closing ceremony by our President. This gives a strong signal that the Government cares about Mauritian oral heritage. If we are ready to spend fabulous sums of money to save rare species, it is also legitimate to invest to save a language that makes us human. Transmission of human culture, songs, stories and [...]

                                    It is with great sadness that I learnt through WhatsApp messages the passing away of Yousuf Mohamed, SC, GOSK, at the age of 88 at his home in Quatre Bornes. Yousuf was a healthy man, with healthy habits. He was jogging even at past eighty. But an incurable disease forced him to look for treatment in Réunion. He became bedridden on his return home. The only way I could find out about his health was either by ringing his sons or through close friends [...]

    TRIBUTE NAJMA CURRIMJEE Najma, wife of Bashir Currimjee, passed away on Saturday 30 July. Funeral prayers were said at the Currimjees in Port Louis and she was laid to rest in Riche Terre cemetery. She is the fourth child in a family of five children, (three girls and two boys). She started her education in India and completed it in the USA. Najma’s smiling face is the first thing that comes to my mind when somebody mentions her name. That smile was wrapped in a warmth that only Najma knew the secret of. She radiated the grace of the [...]

Jean Yves, you are sorely missed Jean Yves in no more. He passed away, missing Christmas by two weeks. Jean Yves had been struggling for his health for the past three years. He went to Switzerland for treatment and returned with a promise of plenty of good years ahead. But the illness reappeared after a short pause. This Senior Manager at Swan had a rich life in many respects. He had a lovely and caring wife in the person of Danny, two lovely daughters, Anne Lise and Sophie Claire and an adopted son. The Violette family treated all three children alike [...]

A late WhatsApp message last Sunday night from Rafick Santally informed me of the critical health condition of Siddick Chady, who was admitted to Artemis hospital due to a complicated heart condition. He did not survive the stroke after a bypass. I am saddened to see the departure of a man who devoted a great part of his life in the service of others, first as a doctor and then as an MLA and cabinet minister. He will be missed by many. Siddick comes from a well-known family in Rose-Hill. His grandfather was known by his first name of Abbas Khan, [...]

  In the precinct of Bois-Marchand cemetery today, I met a friend and during our conversation he came up with the following piece of wisdom: people who love you come to see you without fail especially on three occasions – your birth, your wedding and your death. We had been exchanging reminiscences after the burial of Abdool Rashid Mohamed, popularly known as Aid, pronounced Ayid. Aid was the third son of Sir Abdool Razack Mohamed and the only son who was a photocopy of Sir Abdool – quite naturally he had inherited many qualities of the Pater, and had some of [...]

OBITUARY YACOOB EBRAHIM DAWOOD. I, like many others, was sad to learn today, of the passing away of Yacoob Ebrahim Dawood at the ripe old age of 93. His departure leaves a big void in those who knew this likeable character, soft spoken, with a gentle smile and with humility in spades. While many people so often get lost in day-to-day superficiality, in all sorts of confusion and strife, Bhai Yacoob was someone who would create a space for stirring emotion; he had the vision and the clarity to make us feel a little wiser and happier. That is why my [...]

  TRIBUTE- YACOOB GHANTY “Our dead are never dead to us, Until we have forgotten them” It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing away of Yacoob Ghanty after a long illness. He belonged to that generation that produced some brilliant minds that came back from mainly Europe after their studies and in their own way contributed to the development of the country, especially as we were facing a major change by acquiring our political independence from Britain. Born in Port Louis in a family of traders specialising in textile products, he could have ended up joining [...]