Beyond the black letter law

00:00 - Intro 00:30 - Where it all started 02:01 - Studying Religion 04:15 - From Religion to Archaeology 05:54 - Why dig into the past 07:35 - Archaeology in the oceans 08:56 - What writing brings 10:17 - Insectarium 14:16 - Dealing with family reactions 16:36 - Literary translation of the Qur’an 22:28 - Archaeology in Mauritius 24:38 - Why write in French 26:17 - Favourite Mauritian authors 28:0...

00:00 - Intro 01:04 - The passion for badminton 03:29 - Going elite 07:32 - International tournament 08:19 - The drive to win 09:34 - The highs and the lows 15:54 - Skill v/s mindset 17:50 - Support of athletes 20:11 - Importance of recovery 22:34 - Anti-climax 23:45 - Lessons learnt from being an athlete 27:05 - Being the spouse of an athlete 28:32 - Impact of motherhood 33:40 - Keep going (espec...

00:00 - Intro 00:56 - Shrada’s why 05:24 - My voice, my superpower 06:44 - From styling to training 07:51 - How coaching has evolved over the last 20 years 10:10 - Making people feel awesome 10:58 - Preparing to coach 13:50 - Dancing and coaching 15:57 - The need for external validation and finding self-validation 19:44 - Mental wellbeing in the workplace 23:14 - Little things matter 27:59 - The p...

00:00 - Intro 00:59 - Where did it all begin for Davina 03:10 - From dreams to reality 04:59 - Davina and her country 06:04 - Love of literature 07:36 - What inspired the first book 09:50 - Winning the Prix Jean Fanchette 11:00 - Background to Misère 17:15 - Village superstitions 19:07 - Alignment in all religions 20:46 - Effect of writing 21:52 - Writing v/s teaching 24:11 - Community of Mauritia...

00:00 - Intro 00:33 - Varsha’s unique journey 04:56 - Using humour to conquer cancer 05:36 - Why me? 08:27 - Digging deep 10:25 - Warrior’s strategy 11:39 - Forging the future using the past 13:07 - Light and shadow 16:28 - The glass cliff 20:40 - What can women do to empower themselves? 23:27 - Conquer your emotions 25:07 - Strategies for growth 28:02 - Neuroscience 29:58 - The magic of neuroplas...

00:00 - Intro  00:57 - Sebastien’s why 05:03 - Building a business with your spouse 07:26 - Why MIPS 09:34 - Dolphin in a sea of sharks 11:09 - The future of MIPS 13:05 - Making the impossible, possible 14:34 - Objective v/s means to achieve the objective 16:38 - Instant Integrated Payment System 21:11 - Payplus 27:17 - The value of a payment 29:00 - The cost of handling cash 31:25 - The untapped...

1 in 4 Mauritians have diabetes. Out of those, half are undiagnosed. If those statistics do not frighten you, consider this. The average yearly number of diabetes amputees in Mauritius is 500. This is huge for a small island nation with a population of only 1.3m.   Not to mention the other devastating metabolic diseases afflicting our society and putting a huge burden on the health system: cardiov...

00:00 - Intro 00:43 - Why the passion for sports 03:21 - Thirst for competition 03:49 - What does winning bring? 05:33 - Setting goals when you’re winning 08:03 - Hard work v/s talent 09:15 - Finding time to train 10:49 - Dealing with injuries 12:25 - Nutrition 13:52 - Men v/s women in sports 16:40 - How young can we start playing team sports? 18:40 - Benefits of group sports 19:51 - Alison’s seco...

00:00 - Intro 00:38- What drives Nishi 02:25 - Building a business from scratch 05:00 - Setting goals 07:09 - Challenge No. 1: Balancing motherhood and being CEO 09:56 - Challenge No. 2: Being a woman in business 14:18 - Building and empowering a leadership team 16:34 - What inspires Nishi 19:05 - From gut feeling to implementation 19:53 - Being told no 21:58 - JurisTax Group in 10 years 25:28 - G...

00:00- Intro 00:54 - Ervin’s WHY 03:54 - Is strategy a forever career? 04:48 - What is strategy? 06:02 - Strategy in action 08:23 - Strategy v/s goal 10:11 - Vision without strategy and strategy without vision 12:36 - Having a strategy to meet goals 14:13 - Having a strategy in personal life 16:03 - Ervin’s personal strategy 19:49 - Facing your finitude 21:30 - Should everyone have a personal stra...

00:00 - Intro 01:01 - Being a Man Utd Fan 02:47 - Football is more than just a sport 03:47 -- Afsar’s GOAT 05:22 - Eric Cantona 08:04 - Where can it go wrong? 10:03 - Eric Ten Hag 11:53 - Sir Alex Ferguson 14;41 - What it takes to achieve greatness 17:49  - Having great processes 22:56 - Evolve or die 24:06 - The magic recipe for a winning football team 24:30 -- How does a football team generate r...

Today’s episode is with Diane Nuteau, founder of the Creative Brainstorming as she talks to us about All Things Meta Coaching. Diane is passionate in her mission to empower others so they can achieve their goals and dreams. We talk about: What is meta coaching The Creative Brainstorming Method Why everyone should have a coach The difference between coach, counsellor and therapist Whether anyone is...

Join us for today’s episode of Beyond the black letter law by Prism Chambers featuring Danila Lacoste, Image Consultant and Professional Coach. Danila talks to us about All Things Image, including: • Image coaching in Mauritius • First impressions • The importance of conveying the right image in 2023 • Main qualities for a professional image • The science behind image • How important is eye contac...

Today we sit down with Priya Hein, author of prize-winning novel Riambel. She talks to us about: • What inspires her creativity • Books for children • Reading and technology • The why, how and what of Riambel • Winning the Jean-Franchette prize • What Mauritians thought of her novel • Publishing worldwide • Advice for aspiring Mauritian authors • The beauty of writing in Mauritius • Her favourite...

Enjoy today’s episode of Beyond the black letter law by Prism Chambers where we discuss All Things Gender. Dr Myriam Blin is (one of the rare) gender economist and is currently the Head of Charles Telfair Centre as well as Head of Faculty of Accounting, Finance and Law at Curtin Mauritius. She shares wonderful insights on: Her journey into Gender Economics Experiencing gender across 3 geographies...

Our guest for today’s episode, Masha’ael Peerbux is a fitness guru, a CrossFit champion and a nutrition coach. She candidly talks to us about her journey from having sub-optimal health to going on a “revenge body” binge to finally achieving happiness by being holistically healthy. She illustrates that taking steps towards optimal health through strength training is attainable for (almost) anyone....

Join us today as we chat with Kabir Ruhee, CEO of Rogers Capital In this portrait, we talk about: Kabir’s leadership style His favourite story about his “guru” The attributes and qualities he looks up to in Sir Winston Churchill How he embeds a unified culture in a diversified company His thoughts on the Great Emigration The next great opportunity for Mauritius His Budget wishlist

Don’t miss today’s special episode featuring Angelo Mars, one of the bright recipients of the Mauritius state scholarship in this year’s cuvée as he talks to us about :   What drives Gen Z How does one identify one’s purpose Nature v/s nurture The General Population conundrum The value of giving back Should the diaspora come back What success means to him.   Thanks

In this last episode of our Tax series, we sit down with Joe Chan from Andersen in Mauritius to talk about: His journey from the Mauritius Revenue Authority to private practice His core values in practising his profession His love of Tax cases The toilet paper case (!) His most satisfying tax controversy cases Joe’s legacy   Enjoy!

Today we are in conversation with Daniel Essoo, Chief Executive Officer at the Mauritius Bankers Association Limited to talk about All Things Banking Industry. We talk about:  The objectives of the Mauritius Bankers Association   Aligning the various interests of all members of the MBA   -                 His personal thoughts on rising interest rates   -                 Taxes and post-pandemic re...

Join us today for our second instalment of All Things Tax featuring Ryan Allas, Managing Director, Rogers Capital as he talks to us about: Taking over his new role as Managing Director of the Tax arm of Rogers Capital Why he founded the Tax Africa Network The challenge of bringing Africa together in the Tax world The tricky issue of the solidarity levy The Global Minimum Tax Mauritius and transfer...

Join us today in conversation with Manish Bundhun, Chief People Executive of the Rogers Group as he talks to us about his latest book, Disruptor: 9 Abilities of Agile Leaders. Manish candidly talks to us about: Why he loves writing? The experience of writing during the pandemic On being a disruptor The art of straight talking How to be uncomfortable with the comfortable How to turn adversity into...

Our guest for this week’s episode is Mokshda Pertaub, barrister at law and director of training institution Lex Aquila. She is fiercely passionate about educating, training and advocating in the areas of gender-based violence, violence against children, violence at work, sexual harassment, to name a few. In this podcast, we delve into: Empowering women to use the law The rise in violence against w...