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 The end of the line for PB
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Kailash
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Registered Member #2827
Joined: Sun Jan 13 2008, 11:39AM
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As promised this is the last 'log in' of Kailash. It is a long post in the hope that few
will have the patience to read it to the end. Without patience one chooses instant
coffee instead of percolated coffee.  I know that most users have no patience for
long posts unless they are really interested in the topic or belong to the lunatic fringe
like me, born at night with a full moon watching the event. The full moon says a
lot but it says it with Silence. Unfortunately humans have chattering brains. Perhaps
mine chatters a bit too much when it fires itself up.
This is the end of the line for PB. He looked a bit frail during the campaign. I cannot
see him fight another election. God only knows if he will last the next five years.
Mauritians have a very hard heart indeed. We will need another 100 years to get
another chance to achieve the 'Obama phenomenon' in Mauritius. Until we achieve
this we will remain a mediocre nation.
For the PM also this could be his last five years at the helm. He will be more tired
at the end of this mandate. It will be almost impossible for him to win a third one as
leader. Everything and everyone has an end and it does no matter to what caste one
belongs. We refuse to accept that there is only one 'caste' in Mauritius - the 'mauritian'
caste. Time is the master of all. This Truth seldom sinks deeply into the soul….only
on our death bed.
It does not appear (I may be wrong) the PM has a two third majority. Therefore our
Constitution is safe. Hopefully the risk of the tendency towards dictatorship has been
averted. We will be marinated in the same sauce for the next five years. The flora and
fauna of the island will continue to shudder. There will be no change for them either.
They don't vote!
After watching the antics of the candidates during the campaign and hearing their venomous,
vile language, I am ashamed to be a mauritian. What have we done to deserve people like
these without a tinge of love in their hearts to make important decisions on our behalf? It is
they who are the real danger to stability and harmony in the country. It is they
who tarnish the image of Mauritius. Thank god most tourists do not understand Kreol.
When the leader of the Opposition, referring to the PM says publicly: "Sorry ban madam,
so figure coma fesse" and the PM, frustrated by a temporary malfunction of the microphone,
barked at a woman member of Parliament and his party: "Li pas pé travay ta pitin", God
helps Mauritius. Imagine Gordon Brown saying this at a public meeting. He would have to resign
immediately. But not in Mauritius because our minds are like putty in their hands. They are the
food our brains gorge on. We never protest. Instead we cheer and encourage them. In short,
we show that we are like them. We have become their doormats. We are a nation of doormats.
Mind you, if anyone planned to protest at one of these meetings, he might as well bring his
coffin with him.. He would be lynched on the spot! Are our brains still operating at the level
of that of the Neanderthal?
I am sure that during this election campaign few mauritians were aware of something which
they take for granted. It is second nature to each and all and as natural as breathing. It is the
fact that without the Kreol language there would have been no effective election campaign.
In Mauritius Kreol is the language of democracy and the only tool we have to achieve unity.
One can go as far as saying that in Mauritius Kreol is democracy because it is spoken and
understood by everyone. It is unfortunate that it has the same name of a group of mauritians who
have been arbitrarily 'separated' from the whole by being described in our Constitution as the
'General Population'. SSR knew how to create permanent separation - divide and rule which is the
same path his son is cunningly following today. Although the slogan of the latter is modernity, his
mind is anchored in the brand of pre-independence communalism of his father. When he shouted
at a recent meeting:"Pena ene goutte disan communalist dans mo lécor," he was not telling the
truth. Can one expect truth from any politician? It is communalism that got him elected. Kreol
is used by some to create conflict when it suits them. The recent outburst of the leaders of the
Temple Federation against Kreol was a real joke because they had to use it to communicate
with the Press!
I am hoping that in my lifetime I will see Kreol used in schools by teachers when the students
find it hard to understand what they are trying to convey in English, French or any other language.
Kreol should always be the language of preference for the mauritian and used in situations when
one's judgement tells one that any other language will not deliver optimum communication with the
audience. There is no doubt in my mind that Kreol will become the main tool for debate in
Parliament in the near future. After all, are not parliamentary debates a five year election campaign?
As the background string pulling by the roder bouttes starts with the usual threats and counter
threats, I ponder for a while over why mauritians voted for independence in 1967. Was it for economic
security? That could not be because we have no natural resources and were dependent on the British.
This is still partially true today because we now depend so much on tourists from countries that were
our colonial masters. The trend is that a big chunk (the juiciest parts) of Mauritius will be owned again
by them. We will again be their servants with the only difference that they will pay for our services i.e.
they will still hold us by the throat as in the colonial days. They will control our lives as their forefathers
did when they were our masters. There is no escape. We are independent but without the feeling of
freedom. And this must be a sadness for the thinking mauritian. We think we are free.
But if we had voted against complete independence our future would have been linked to the future of
Britain as Reunion's future was and still is linked to the future of France. Have we ever heard the
reunionais indians agitate for independence? Today we would be riding on the back of Britain into
Europe and free to settle and work in the UK or any country of the European Union. We would not
be tortured by the constant anxiety about our economic future because England and Europe would
always be there as our Safety Net. Greece is currently reaping the benefits of this even if their problems
are self inflicted and can fracture the European Union.
But the vision of SSR had always been limited. His aim was that his community must control
the island at any price even if it meant the excision of the Chagos from our territory. The result is
that Mauritius is now permanently perched on the edge of an economic abyss. We are permanently
afraid that the tourists might stop coming or foreign investors might stop investing in Mauritius. But
if before we refused to be closely associated with Britain, we are now a carefully camouflaged defacto
colony of India. What is the difference? Which one is more painful?
As mentioned above this is my last writing here. Kailash says goodbye to all with his best wishes. He
will go back to his small group to write about things closer to his heart, where the members dare to
think as deeply as they can about this sometimes painful life and are not afraid to share what we
discover whether it is good or bad. Why do the members 'log in' to noutizil.com? Most come to
temporarily experience the euphoria that segas can induce. After independence they have been
marginalised and segas are the only 'treasure' they have to cling to. Of course they will strongly deny
this. Why? Because they are unaware of it. Darkness cannot observe itself!
If you think I am exaggerating, conjure up in your mind what would happen to the creoles in Mauritius
if suddenly their beloved segas were taken away from them.This can happen if there is a dictatorship
(always possible!) in Mauritius and this kind of music is banned like the muslim women dress in Belgium.
Segas are their drug into which they escape to mourn the lost of the status they once enjoyed. If they
continue to sit down, drink excessively, smoke weed (pretending it is part of their 'religion' to do so!)
the span of time between now and Doomsday will not be enough to wake them up for the struggle for
social justice. Nothing will fall into their laps for free, without a fight. They must use the same
methods and tactics of their oppressors who should be their friends instead because both have the
same painful past.
Without violence, except the 'violence' of the ballot box, never give an inch. With both
eyes always wide open, use every tool available locally, internationally and of cyberspace to fight for
your rightful place at the table on which the national cake is being divided to claim your fair share but don't bring with you a begging bowl. Better starve standing up than be shoved under the table like a dog waiting
for crumbs to fall. If this struggle for social justice, though very serious, is felt like a game (such as chess etc)
which can sharpen and push the brain to the wall of its limits, victory will already be felt in your legs
when you make the first step on this long journey. Whether this goal is in the near or distant future is
irrelevant. It will have been reached when you can look in the eyes of any mauritian including the
PM and say with a firm voice: "I have the same right as you and I do not intend to give even a nano-inch
because we both stand on the same ground and neither you nor I is a second class human being."
Others come here to read what (only two or three out of 4,000 plus!) have written and they leave in
silence without comment. Is it the silence of the fear of having an opinion, a point of view? The politicians
have done a wonderful job on our minds. They regularly (another one just a few days ago) make threats
about pursuing us even in cyberspace thereby subtly attempt to intimidate and deny us our democratic
right to have an opinion. They tell us that this or that is the truth and we meekly reply: "Yes Bwana." Even
the university students are silent! Universities are places where revolutionary brains think out different, better systems of governments and dare the authorities to try them. The mauritian university produces mostly
moneymaking machines. And this is what the politicians want us to become - an ATM on two legs. Make
money to fill the taxpayers trough for them to swim in, put on weight and drop dead prematurely without
the real cause of their deaths being made public so that we may learn from their stupidity. Too much money
kills especially when it does not belong to you.
I am still amazed and extremely disappointed that none of the candidates mentioned the environment
during the campaign. I think we have joined Brazil, India and China and have spat on global warming.
Yet the environment is the only treasure Mauritius has. It supports and loves us all. We treat it with
contempt at our peril which is felt acutely by small islands. We think it is inexhaustible. Even the most
powerful nation on earth (the US) is currently feeling the 'power of the environment'. The environment
is the expression, manifestation of Brahman but we treat it as if it is the Devil and must be eliminated
at all cost. The environment is the mauritians. Meditate on this and you will find out for yourself
if it is right or wrong.
It is extraordinary that the MBC refused to broadcast a documentary by Thalassa showing what extreme
tourism is doing to our lagoon. If democratisation of the economy means that we will have one resembling
the MBC (the propaganda machine of the government), the mauritian mind will remain infected. Does
the unelected MBC have the bien être of the nation at heart? Ask yourself this question.
Thalassa sur Internet
Je sais que beaucoup de Mauriciens veulent voir l’émission de [i]Thalassa qui parle de Maurice et qui contient une interview de Xavier Duval. Je sais que la MBC a refusé de diffuser l’émission. Ceux qui ont une connexion internet peuvent aller sur france3.fr et cliquer sur la rubrique Thalassa pour visionner le film.[/i]
niren (STRASBOURG)
Source: L'Express 29/04/10
Loving one's country is to relentlessly criticise it, ceaselessly pointing at its wounds, its pains, where they
are and who or what is causing them. Its tropical ulcers and warts must be exposed so that they can be
treated with the right medicine. It is the only way to be a confident nation keenly aware of the dangers
it faces as if it is living in a room where it has been told there is an extremely poisonous snake hiding
somewhere in it. Criticisms keep the nation awake, compel it to dormi lizier ouvert.
At the last keystroke the 'Kailash profile' shall (unlike a few) go into permanent hibernation voluntarily
and enter the freezer of this forum to be thawed (if allowed) one day…. only if he thinks it is absolutely necessary.
If my name 'Kailash' was an obstacle for anyone to express an opinion in this forum, now there is no
longer a barrier in your path. We unconsciously take our communalism with us everywhere including
cyberspace. It has become second nature. We carry this poison in us wherever we go even to Heaven
for those who believe in this illusion.
End of story…….
....and Darkness said to Light: "Without Me You cannot be. Light replied: "Without Me You are not! I am You and You are Me. Therefore we are One." - Kailash
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puma
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Registered Member #21
Joined: Sun Feb 19 2006, 08:07PM
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Thank you for your blogs. I enjoyed each and every one of them. Best wishes to you.
A JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES STARTS WITH BUT A SINGLE STEP..........AN OLD CHINESE SAYING
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