{"id":2476,"date":"2025-09-19T06:12:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T06:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/?p=2476"},"modified":"2025-09-19T07:16:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:16:30","slug":"a-doctor-with-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/?p=2476","title":{"rendered":"A Doctor with Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2476\" class=\"elementor elementor-2476\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eb0449 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5eb0449\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97bcaee e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"97bcaee\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88bc0b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"88bc0b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"913\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2503\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr3.jpg 913w, https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lemorneheritage.govmu.org\/lmh\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ssr3-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 913px) 100vw, 913px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd41fa5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd41fa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Fig 3: Young Seewoosagur Ramgoolam with his Mauritian university friends in London in 1932<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>(Source: GIS)<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76bd437 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"76bd437\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-123e5b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"123e5b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1921, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam travelled to London to study medicine at University College London. While training as a physician, he also attended lectures at the London School of Economics, where he encountered debates about democracy, freedom, and economic development. He was active among the Mauritian and Indian students in London and began his long writing career there.<\/p><p>During a visit to Paris, he befriended the French writers Andr\u00e9 Gide and Andr\u00e9 Malraux. Gide\u2019s journey from sympathy for communism to rejection of it left a deep impression on the young Mauritian. Unlike many postcolonial leaders who would later embrace Marxism and who were deeply influenced by socialism, Fabianism, and the ideology of the British Labour Party.\u00a0 Seewoosagur Ramgoolam already understood the risks of ideology. In 1935, after 14 years in London, Dr. Seewoosagur Ramgoolam returned home\u2014not only with his medical diplomas as a specialist but also with a political vision: justice, inclusion, and democratic participation.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fig 3: Young Seewoosagur Ramgoolam with his Mauritian university friends in London in 1932 (Source: GIS) In 1921, Seewoosagur Ramgoolam travelled to London to study medicine at University College London. While training as a physician, he also attended lectures at the London School of Economics, where he encountered debates about democracy, freedom, and economic development. He was active among the Mauritian and Indian students in London and began his long writing career there. During a visit to Paris, he befriended the French writers Andr\u00e9 Gide and Andr\u00e9 Malraux. 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