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Thursday, May 23, 2013
As we celebrate 168 years of the arrival of Hindus/Indians and their unique religious beliefs and texts, including the Ramayan, we are also reminded of our duty and responsibility to the memory of our ancestors. They have taught us how to attain “...
Thursday, May 23, 2013
It is imperative that the police proceed with full speed on their investigation into one of the most potentially damaging episodes in T&T’s political history.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The daily papers last Saturday reported Gender Affairs Minister Marlene Coudray saying that in accordance with the wishes of the Inter Religious Organisation, gay people would not be accorded any rights in the new gender policy
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
The Indian Premier League continues to assist with the propulsion of India towards being one of the economic, technological and social powers of the 21st century.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
I want you all to meet a little girl. Let’s call her Patsy. She is five years old now and lives near you, in an orphanage. When she was two, three years ago, she was removed from her mother’s home, together with her two brothers and sisters because...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The Trinidad Creole expression “maco” doesn’t really have a Standard English equivalent; neither does “lime” or “doubles,” for that matter.
Monday, May 20, 2013
There is no way to escape grim news. Open the newspapers, switch on the TV or surf the net and you come face to face with this lost world.
Monday, May 20, 2013
A few weeks ago my column highlighted how the state criminalises certain types of sexuality.
Monday, May 20, 2013
On the everyday level, many people are comfortable practising both science and religion. They take their medications, use analytic methods in their workplaces and pray to God.
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Even though cremation of the dead is prescribed for orthodox Hindus, the practice was illegal in Trinidad until the 1930s.

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