Mastana needs bigger venue

THE EDITOR: My name is Nalini Rudolph. I live at  Centenary Street, Tunapuna. I am a singer who started my career on the peoples’ programme, Mastana Bahar.

I wish to state my disappointment in the National Broadcasting Network (NBN) and Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT) in the treatment of the series Mastana Bahar. This is the longest standing programme of this kind that reaches and encourages the people, both young and old alike to do something good and positive for themselves. Being a contestant myself for the past five years. I have seen through first hand experience the kind of impact the show has had on the youths of the nation. At present, I am a semi-finalist on the programme and I wish to state, that among others I find that the facilities provided at the television station are too small and very uncomfortable. I would like to have the programme taped at an outside location where we the contestants and the public would be most comfortable. I hope that the relevant authority would read this letter and take into consideration the problem we have at the studio and the suggestion of a solution being to tape the series — the rest of the semi-final — at an outside location.

NALINI RUDOLPH
Tunapuna