Diaspora
By RNG
It was with great pleasure and pride that I learnt that an educator of Mauritian origin had been awarded a prestigious award in India. Courtesy WhatsApp, she shared this good news with me.
Nazirah is the daughter of late Jaynool Hamid Bucktowar, jeweller, Route Royale, Rose Hill. Describing herself as a ‘Loreto girl to the core’, after completing her secondary studies at Loreto Curepipe she joined the Loreto College Kolkata in 1967, her admission having been arranged by Mother Provincial. In 1971 she obtained BA Hons (Geography) and B.Ed. She returned to Mauritius to work as Geography teacher at Loreto College Vacoas for a year, after which she flew back to Kolkata as Mrs Nazirah Ganjee.