Opinions

History shapes empires and revolutions but Vijay Maharaj has reduced it to comic relief. It is unfortunate that a leader cannot develop a personality of his own. Like his father...

Why are Paria and Heritage insulting the memory of these four divers and the people of this country? The refusal by personnel of these State-owned entities is indeed very troubling...

Is more money going to help us to be successful? I listen to a documentary on Sadguru, and I conclude that it was not wealth that made him a success...

Why is no one talking about the overcrowding in the San Fernando General Hospital when there is the Couva Children's Hospital that is not fully operational? Or the failure of...

I was happy to hear the Secretary General of the Maha Sabha announcing that the newly constructed Arima Hindu School at its new location will be officially handed over the...

I was happy to hear Vijay Maharaj, Secretary General of the Maha Sabha, calling on Dr. Keith Rowley to shine some light on the nation. This was an obvious reference...

In recent time a few opportunists have been receiving handouts from the State to build mandirs. This is not a policy of the State as such but a surreptitious arrangement...

Of all the characters in the Ramayana, my heart goes out to Kumbhakaran, a younger brother of Ravana, the demonic king of Lanka. Fond of eating, drinking, and sleeping, Kumbhakaran...

Whether it be good karma or just plain good luck, we Caribbean Hindus have landed in a good place in Canada our new dharti mata, our new homeland. Our numbers...

The Rowley-led PNM failed to make its austerity budget make sense in a time of high oil revenues… As Kamla Persad-Bissessar pointed out, low oil prices were the justification for cutbacks...