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PRESS ARTICLE ON LANGUAGE ISSUE IN MAURITIUS
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 [...]
TRIBUTE TO A FRIEND, MENTOR AND SUPPORTER
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 [...]
TRIBUTE TO A GREAT LADY, SUPPORTER OF ALIF SOCIETY
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, [...]
TRIBUTE TO A GREAT FREIND AND PARTNER OF ALIF SOCIETY
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 [...]
TRIBUTE TO SIDDICK CHADY, A GREAT SUPPORTER OF ALIF SOCIETY
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 [...]
TRIBUTE TO AID, THE SON OF A GREAT MAN
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. [...]
TRIBUTE TO A GREAT LEADER AND WELL-WISHER OF ALIF SOCIETY
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 [...]
TRIBUTE TO A GREAT FRIEND AND SUPPORTER OF ALIF SOCIETY
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 [...]