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TRIBUTE TO SIR ANEEROOD JUGNAUTH
OBITUARY SIR ANEEROOD JUGNAUTH Bhai Aneerood is gone. In equal measure Indians and Mauritians are grieving. Generally, winter has rarely been kind to SAJ but this time it has won conclusively. After his sweeping victory in 1982, Bhai Aneerood cried at breakfast time when he thought [...]
TRIBUTE TO HASSEN HEERAH
HASSEN HEERAH The passing away of Hassen Heerah last Friday triggered in me a reflection on the resilience of the Muslim community and its actors in Mauritius. I have known Hassen since his working days at The Mauritius Institute where we spent long moments talking about the [...]
LETTER OF THANKS FROM THE HC OF THE RSA
On the eve of her departure at the end of her tenure in Mauritius, H E the South African High Commissioner sent this letter.
TRIBUTE TO KEN CATHAN, MIE LECTURER
Obituary, Ken Cathan. The St. Andrews Church in Quatre Bornes was packed to capacity and in the crowd, I could distinguish quite a few faces of the late 1970s, nearly all belonging to the Social Studies department of the MIE. We had gathered for the funeral services [...]
TRIBUTE TO THE UNSUNG HEROIN OF OUR HISTORY OF EDUCATION, DEVI VENKATASAMY
When I heard the news of the passing of Devi Venkatasamy, thoughts, visions and memories started crisscrossing my mind. I could see the lady, usually dressed in dark colourful saree, a hand bag hanging from her bent arm, trudging and leaning on the side of the foot [...]
TRIBHUTE TO A GREAT MAURITIAN CLOVIS VELLIN
OBITUARY CLOVIS VELLIN Clovis Vellin has passed away at the age of 87 in Queensland, Australia. I learned of this loss to Mauritius through a friend living in England. Condolences are pouring in from his ex-students on facebook. This teacher of Geography was part of the community [...]
TRIBUTE TO A FRIEND AND MENTOR
TRIBUTE MOHAMED VAYID C'est avec tristesse nous avons appris le décès de M. Mohamed Vayid, a l’âge de 78 ans en Afrique du Sud. Je voudrais rendre un hommage tout particulier a son immense talent de Capitaine du secteur prive, à sa génie de penseur et à [...]
TRIBUTE TO A FRIEND AND WELL-WISHER DR HASSAM GAREEBOO
TRIBUTE GAREEBOO HASSAM C’est un sms de Rafick Santally qui m’apprit le décès du Dr. Hassam Gareeboo ce Vendredi 24 Janvier. Il rentrait juste d’Angleterre après les funérailles de son gendre et était admis au centre cardiaque de Pamplemousses pour des pontages. Tout en sourire, il confiait [...]