Written in the Wind

Book Overview

Written in the wind, a revised version of the book published in Europe in 2013, ISBN 978-1-291-49267-5, under the title of The Life and Times Of a Mauritian Expatriate, is about a study of life wrapped around the story of man and his surroundings - his past, his present and his future.

It uses as a vehicle the life of one individual to explore issues, concepts, phenomena and life-events like birth, youth, old age, retirement and death, slavery, the sega dance, indentureship, the Hindu marriage and festivals, the mind, consciousness, awakening and self realisation, dreams, outer space and the bottom of the oceans, the vulnerability of the planet earth and the fickle nature of man, depicting Mauritian life of yesteryears - the sights, sounds, smells and tastes of the melting pot of the cross-cultural mix of Europe, Asia and Africa that is Mauritius - and its fast changing nature.