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When the wind blows
I’m on the horns of a dilemma, in these trumpeting times when heads are rolling, walls are falling, and any purse is more profit than a name. While the mighty (those who decree who shall be raised up)...
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Dear future volunteer —Part 2
This letter comes from Alexander Bain, a first-year volunteer tutor at the St Aidan’s Anglican Primary School Alta class in Arouca. Dear future volunteer: Welcome to the Alta family! Just about a year...
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Well yes, Prime Minister
“My country is not a real country, it’s a pretend country,” my girlfriend shrieked on Monday night in freezing cold London town. Over night, the snow fell and we woke to a blanket of white and watched...
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Should we all be monogamous?
Chris Messina invented the hashtag. He also believes it is time to re-invent contemporary sexuality, which is why he practices something he refers to as “non-monogamy.”“As a child of divorce and an...
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An ‘edu-cultural’ treat for students
Carnival band, De Core T&T is working in collaboration with Culture House in what they describe as a mission “to broaden the spectrum of the T&T Carnival festival into the realm of...
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Dos and don’ts for restful sleep
Few experiences are as maddening as a restless night. Sleep should, in theory, be the most natural and effortless activity in the world, yet insomnia is common to many of us. To add to the frustration,...
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Why you’ll be able to work longer than you think
Innovations in technology, medicine and workplace design will allow more boomers to work well into retirement.As I go around the country talking to people about my book Unretirement and its thesis...
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Carnival Sweetness
It’s the weekend before Carnival weekend. Lots of visitors have arrived and countless limes are being planned. Whether you are on the road, at the beach or simply liming at home with friends for the...
View Article‘Language shapes the ways we understand each other’
Have you ever, in public, called a woman “girl,” “my madam,” “chile mudder,” or in the course of chatting with friends, said something like: “I was tackling a ting”? Or have you ever, in jest, said to...
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Legends of Carnival
Today, NASSER KHAN starts a two-part series that takes a look back at the contributions to our Carnival art forms—mas, calypso and steelpan. The first features the legendary masmen and women who...
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Wetlands for our future —Part 1
On February 2, the world commemorated World Wetlands Day 2015 and the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands calls for us to celebrate this year as Wetlands for our Future. The main objectives of World Wetlands...
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Giddy-up!
The coming of the motor car to the nation in 1900 did not dampen the prevalence of the horse for at least 30 years. There was a time when the noble equine was a common sight outside of the racetrack,...
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Put the brakes on wedding planning mistakes!
How many times have you felt remorse and said to yourself “I wish I had done this instead of that?” or “if only I knew this before?” This feeling becomes even worse if these questions cross your mind...
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Time to heal our broken land
A few Sundays ago as I sat in church, the choir had chosen as its meditation song, a piece titled Heal Our Land. Every time this hymn is sung my eyes become full because if for nothing else, it...
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Is it a dog or a cow?
Dogs often engage in a common behaviour that makes their owners wonder if the dog is sick: grass eating.While most experts agree that a dog eating grass is not a cause for concern, owners still...
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Jerome makes Tobago proud
Jerome Lawrence made the sister isle of Tobago very proud when he recently graduated with a bachelor's degree at the prestigious institution of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.Lawrence has earned...
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Blood for sale: India’s illegal ‘red market’
In a crowded alleyway sandwiched between the wards of a large government hospital in New Delhi, we’re searching for a blood tout.One of the hospital’s security guards has instructed us to look for a...
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Want to go and create at NASA?
“Silicon Valley culture is a lot different from Trinidad. There, they’re thinking of: ‘How can we create the next (technology) to revolutionise the world’… They’re always trying to improve… Here, we...
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The Rules of Carnival
Littering in Louisana attracts fines from US$50 to US$5,000 but big sweeper trucks also clean up immediately after the parades. It’s bad luck to pick up any loot left in the street.In Rio, glass,...
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Satire in German Carnival—We cannot be silent
Germany has a long tradition of sarcasm and humorous elements in its carnival. Luckily it was kept that way with exception of the time throughout the dictatorship of the Third Reich. During the...
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