Pioneers of Indian Arrival Day in Trinidad
May 15, 2026
A Brief Narrative of Guyanese Migration and the Diaspora
March 29, 2024
By the mid-1980s the Temple in the Sea at Waterloo, Carapichaima, had crumbled. This iconic cultural landmark was no more and there was the urgent need for sons and daughters ...
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. ...
Ramnavmi and Hanuman Jayanti, the birth of Sri Ram and Sri Hanuman respectively, were celebrated in Trinidad and Tobago and the diaspora recently. In Trinidad several organizations held huge programs ...
The era of US dominance is fast coming to a close and thanks to Donald Trump. His arrogance has isolated the US from its western allies including Australia, UK and ...
The strong man or pehelwan is a recipe for failure and underdevelopment. This behaviour starts in the home with a father or grandfather always having the final say, sometimes his ...
The strong man or pehelwan is a recipe for failure and underdevelopment. This behaviour starts in the home with a father or grandfather always having the final say, sometimes his ...
Violence, murders, rapes and anti-Indian prejudices played a critical role in the Wismar Massacre of 1964 in Guyana. Rumors were spread in district of Mackenzie- Christianburg-Wismar that Indians were killing ...
Member of Parliament for Aranguez/St Joseph and Minister of Justice and Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General, in a short address at Phagwa celebrations at the Bamboo No ...









