Doubles no longer just national dish

My real purpose for this letter is about a doubles vendor who operates at night at the corner of Cipriani Boulevard and Tragarete Road in Port-of-Spain.

After Carnival, I attended a function at Newtown Playboyz’ panyard on Tragarete Road (a wonderful place) and decided to take a walk to the corner to check out this doubles vendor who always seems to attract a crowd, although I stopped eating doubles a long time ago due to a personal experience.

Sat Maharaj will love to read this — doubles is no longer a national dish, but an international dish. There were Africans, Asians, Europeans and Hispanics lining up for doubles. I said to myself that this is the United Nations (smile).

This nation is evolving and the race thing must stop. I have faith in the young people of this country and they are not on that. In the near future (by the next two decades) this will be a country of douglas.

I conclude by saying the steel pan is the national instrument while roti and doubles are two of our national dishes.

Also, I ask the National Carnival Commission, with immediate effect, to stop the Socadrome and bring back Carnival to the people.

It seems like it is race to Carnival, race to elections and race to the Treasury. According to David Rudder, “this place is in a mess.” Let’s fix it.

EARL MARTIN Trincity