Opinions

The Hindu community needs to guard against individuals who are bent on distorting the history of the Hindu community in the Caribbean to project themselves as champions. Instead of writing...

Three areas Hindus must be concerned about are: decision making at the state level; health and fitness; and wealth generation. How are Hindus doing in all three. Some may say...

Dear Editor, During my years in elementary and high school—especially in elementary school—I attended Grand Schools (Presbyterian) on Coffee Street in San Fernando. At that young and formative age, when...

Sections 4 and 5 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago allows for judicial review when someone is illegally imprisoned. In the case of the Hadeeds, the...

There is an urgent need for a new spirit of nationalism as Trinidad and Tobago celebrates its 181st Indian Arrival Day, May 30, 2026. It is therefore, incumbent of all...

Indian Arrival Day celebrations must move beyond its fixation on curry duck competitions, songs, music, dances, sada roti and ‘pounding the damadole’ to embrace other methods of celebrations: essay writings,...

Indian Arrival Day is similar to Pitri Paksh - an expression of thanks to our forebears for their strength, courage and determination to overcome the many challenges and obstacles in...

Trinidad and Tobago was the first country in the diaspora to declare Indian Arrival Day a national holiday on May 30, 1995 to mark the 150th anniversary of Indian Arrival....

A popular joke in the country was that Chanka Maharaj, speaking in a political rally said: “What the people need is B-R-E-D… and someone in the crowd shouted: You miss...

Modern education makes the educated aloof and drives them away from the community. This is best captured in this story told by Kenneth Parmasad in his book Salt and Roti....