Ramesh Jeewoolall Livres

Professor John Malcolm Day was the Head of the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the University of London, until he decided to take early retirement and pursue his hobby of studying small island cultures. A curiosity about the many varied groups of people on the Indian Ocean Island of Mauritius led him to visit the island to further his studies.Ramesh Jeewoolall is a retired Mauritian lawyer and politician and his book Who Owns Your Agenda follows Professor Day's exploration of the many religions and cultures of the island. The people who the professor meets during his travels on the island help him in his quest for knowledge. One such islander also shares a secret about Mauritius' most famous inhabitant, the extinct dodo.Can the professor persuade his new friend to share his closely guarded secret about the dodo to benefit the scientific community? This fascinating story intertwines both the professor's quest for knowledge and his desire to do the right thing for the legendary bird.

It often takes a major event to make an otherwise placid individual disrupt the normal running of life, but, like Mauritius itself, a country in the track of storm weather, the effects of a cyclone, or in Dev's case, an injustice, although potentially destructive, can lead to a change for the better. Dev, the owner of a new shop - The Shop - a successful and well-read man, harbours deep feelings about a wrong that has occurred in the past. With news of a cyclone heading his way he hatches an audacious plan to take revenge, or, more precisely, to teach a lesson to those responsible. In what may be described as a moral story, Ramesh Jeewoolall spins a tale of a good man driven to extreme measures. The Passing Away of a Gentleman is an excellent read for those who enjoy intelligent crime.