Comparison of culture

THE EDITOR: Mr Sat Maharaj when will you realise that Trinidad and Tobago is the land of steelband and calypso? We have Indian steelbandsmen and women and Indian calypsonians. Carnival activities organised by the two groups with the addition of mas bands fill the Treasury every year to the tune of 500 million dollars.

When you stop seeking everything Indian and not Trinidadian, then there is hope for you. It is people like yourself who are promoting racial disharmony in this land. You want to compare culture. What revenue can the harmonium, dholak, sitar and dhantal generate by way of visitors coming to Trinidad and Tobago in place of carnival, calypso and pan, which were invented by Trinidadians? Mind you, the culture that you want is not for Trinidad and Tobago, it is for India. So my advice to you is go to India with that and leave NLCB to support Trinidad and Tobago culture, which is carnival, calypso and pan.

MILTON “WIRE” AUSTIN
Public Relations Officer
Pan Trinbago