The blog of Avinash, Christina, Anya and Kyan Meetoo.
This morning, Anya made us very proud: she has started her Form V exams at Loreto College of Quatre-Bornes.
Today, she has grown into a very nice, emphatic, stable and intelligent person even though I still sometimes think of her as in 2002 when she was born… Time flies.
Good luck Anya for your SC exams!!! Kas paké!!!
When I was 12, I studied A House for Mr Biswas, a novel by V. S. Naipaul who passed away on 11 August 2018. The book tells the story of “Mohun Biswas, an Indo-Trinidadian who continually strives for success and mostly fails, who marries into the Tulsi family only to find himself dominated by it, and who finally sets the goal of owning his own house” (from Wikipedia).
I have to be honest though. At that time, 33 years ago, I didn’t like the book too much. I thought Mohun Biswas was old-fashioned and I could not relate to him or his family.
I loved the class though. Our English teacher, Mrs Girdhari-Fulena, was fantastic. Pity I was too young and too stupid to appreciate V. S. Naipaul then… One of these days, I’ll read A House for Mr Biswas again.
PS: V. S. Naipaul is also known for The Overcrowded Barracoon, published in 1972, in which Mauritius is described as “an overcrowded barracoon where tranquility recedes and escape routes are closed”. The Mauritians “have no sense of danger.” Fortunately, he was wrong.
Christina and I have just finished watching the final episode of The Americans, one of the best TV shows ever. It tells the story of Philip and Elizabeth, two Russian spies sent to the US during the Cold War to act as a normal US couple with their two kids… except that they are far from being normal people.
The Americans had Christina and I captivated for the past six years now. The final episode was in May but we only saw it yesterday. I don’t want to spoil anything for those who haven’t watched the show yet but I have to say that the ending was beautiful and very dark at the same time…