The puzzling rub of the rupee

In 2007 an anti-corruption group in India developed a rather creative way to help people ‘just say no’ to corruption.
The ‘5th Pillar’ as the group is known printed some 25,000 rupee notes that had the official Mahatma Gandhi and design on the face of the note and a mission statement about anti-corruption on the other side.
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Pick a Language

Last week it seemed as if I almost killed a guy in my, what is now, weekly yoga class.  It was hardly my fault due to the fact that I think the major problem was the fact that he couldn’t understand me.
There seem to be many people here on the island that can’t speak English [...]

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Bad Coca Cola Products in Mauritius

This post may seem a little un-fun and it’s nothing glamorous or exciting, but in my little micro-home of an island, I find this issue to be of importance.  It’s my day-to-day and I know there are some Mauritians out there that read this blog.  I hope this post gets people thinking.
For the past two [...]

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