I shall never forget the windows to Germany, Africa, India, afforded me by Mrs Annaleise Kelshall, Mrs Yvonne Ashby, Mrs Tara Sharma. And their gifts of succour, comfort, love, guidance that we typically received only from our mothers and grandmothers. Mrs Annaleise Kelshall was the wife of the iconic TrinidadContinue Reading

Sade tried to silence her heart and feed her pride instead. She deleted old messages, avoided the café where they first lingered too long in conversation, and told herself that grown women do not wait on maybes. But loneliness has a way of whispering louder at night. For months afterContinue Reading

Prime Minister Persad-Bissessar’s understanding of the word ‘oxymoron’ in her February 24th CARICOM address appears to have momentarily slipped. An oxymoron is a statement which appears contradictory, but on closer examination is not. In her speech in St Kitts, she declared, “We cannot advocate for others to live under communismContinue Reading