Opinions

In his column A Black Race Position, Selwyn Cudjoe wrote that Prof. Brian Copeland, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies has a “vision if our university is...

In my last article, I wrote about the “useful Idiots” Hindu religious leaders, who helped accelerate the demise of Hinduism in the Caribbean. As a reminder a “useful Idiot” is someone...

The recent Cambridge University Press, 2020, by Andre Wink, The Making of the Indo-Islamic World, c.700-1800, and reviewed by Trinidadian Clara Mohammed-Foucault, published by the Guardian (Jan. 14th 2021). The...

Let us not rejoice over the assault on Capitol Hill on Wednesday (1/6/21) because the bastion of democracy has been over-run by a mob instigated by a sitting President, who...

Hindu leaders are totally unprepared for the continuous conversation assault by Christians.  Just like Indian political leaders and intellectuals, they take a reactionary versus a proactive approach. Only when elections...

The difficulty in analyzing "racism" or "ethnicization" can be illustrated in a recent debate on the sugar industry. Attorney General, Hon Anil Nandlall, expressed shock over Opposition MP, Mr. Khemraj...

I feel compelled to respond to Mr. Raphael Trotman’s letter “What Comes After,” in which he raises several issues on the need for constructive dialogue between the PNCR coalition and...

Let’s look comparatively at reforms in NYC, and learn from the mistakes of NYC, and implications for reforms in Trinidad. In the 1960s there were demands for school reform, because...

Four months ago, PM Rowley proclaimed he is a “Proud Black man”, yes the PM of multiracial of TnT is proud of his race and people.  Now go ask Kamla...

The United National Congress (UNC) which has historically been an Indo-Trinidadian based political party in Trinidad and Tobago recently had its internal elections and most of the rhetoric based on...