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The day after Christmas in UK and most of the (British) Commonwealth is known as Boxing Day; it is a national holiday. India and some former colonies did not and...

Editorials, commentators, detractors, and critics have criticized Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar for pursuing a foreign policy that closely links T&T to USA on national interests related to the region....

A Queens District 28 community delegation met with outgoing New York City Speaker Adrienne Adams on December 18, 2025, at her office in South Ozone Park to express the Caribbean...

Some meetings inspire you to act— however improbable or difficult that action may seem. A year ago, on December 23, 2024, I met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his New...

A failed Guyanese academic, expelled from university and with disappointed expectation of inability to complete a PhD, a paid missionary, has found time to attack respected Indian scholars who have...

In India, the Brahmin class/caste is considered “high-class” Hindus — the priests and scholars. Together with the Kshatriyas, the warrior class, they were historically the rulers, holding spiritual power and...

I traveled the world, visited close to a hundred countries, some multiple times, comparing and contrasting (Indian) Guyanese and Trinidadian culture (including food) with theirs (others). Our food is the...

Freedom of the press is very important for transparent, accountable governance in any country. Fair, balanced news coverage and editorials as well as allowing a variety of views are also...

Much has been penned on government lobbying of Washington through a paid lobbyist of over US$65K monthly. I cannot comment on whether it is value for money as I have...

Judges in Guyana were involved in poor decisions that were overturned. And recently, there were some unenlightened rulings on rights and candidacy; courts in the Caribbean would have ruled differently....