Indian Arrival Day commemorates the arrival of East Indian indentured laborers to Trinidad in May 1845, marking the beginning of a significant chapter in Trinidad and Tobago's multicultural history. Approximately 140,000 indentured laborers arrived between 1845 and 1917, bringing their culture, food, religion, and traditions that have become integral to Trinidadian society. The holiday, officially designated in 1994, celebrates the resilience, sacrifice, and contributions of the East Indian community while acknowledging other ethnic minorities who also arrived during this period. The celebration includes cultural performances, traditional foods like Indian sweets, and discussions about the historical journey from indentured labor to full citizenship and cultural integration.
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>> All right. Good morning. Today, Friday the 29th of May, 2026.
And yes, I'm in my full regalia this morning in commemoration of Indian arrival day that we will celebrate tomorrow. It's not a public holiday in terms of falling in the week per se, but I guess those who probably some might get the Saturday off, but the majority will be out and moving. But nonetheless, the commemoration, the holiday, and the significance of the holiday uh continues. And today's entire program is dedicated to the very important day on our holiday calendar. So from uh 1845 to present day uh the journey continues for our East Indian brothers and sisters.
And uh today this weekend a matter of fact for all time we continue to celebrate. So let's get the ball rolling. I'll give you the full rundown as to our guests on this we could say Indian arrival day. Well, the preh holiday special right here on the morning. Going to run in. See you soon.
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>> That is a tremendous, tremendous track right here. Uh, with that being said, uh, good morning one and all. Jason Williams signing on. And as promised, it's going to be a tremendous one this Friday morning. Our Indian arrival day special from now straight up up until 8:00. It's music, it's dance, it's delicacies, and the very important discussion with top personalities. Um, I'll give some names momentarily. Let's, as per always and per usual, get into the front page of the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. And I can tell you I can tell you uh the saga really continues. Uh there is lots to discuss and based on a TTPS briefing yesterday.
We have now being told that there are certain areas and I'll give you some of the zones as it says here off limits.
TTPS declares 15 no protest zones in wake of the Kaya Celely demonstration and the clash and the fallout from that interaction on uh that was what Wednesday? Yes, it was. So let me give you some of the areas of interest. Uh the no protest zones are as follows in no particular order. The parliament of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Of course, the Red House, the office of the president of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, that's on Circular Road in St. Ans, Port Spain. The office of the prime minister 13 to 15 Sinclair Avenue.
That's the one very close to is that the word close to QRC? Yes, I think No, a matter of fact, I think the office of the prime minister now moved to to Whiteall.
All right. Um, so yes, I'll I'll confirm that one. I think it's white all that's around the savannah and the diplomatic center. No protest in that area. Office of the attorney general, the Ministry of Finance, Eric Williams financial complex. No protest in that space. The Ministry of Defense right on Abumbry Street. No protest. The Ministry of Homeland Security. The headquarters of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.
The headquarters of the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service. The headquarters of the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force. Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions DPP. Pako International Airport, the ENR Robinson International Airport in Crown Point. And finally, the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago.
All details inside today's Guardian on page five. You could read more about it.
As we again extend the details here on the front page, we are seeing where well the prime minister she based on her utterances and words seems to be very much supportive of the TTPs action she's calling calling it the swift action to secure the DPP. Last Wednesday, well this Wednesday that story develops more on page six inside the Guardian. On page six, also the opposition leader calling for the end of the state of emergency. And finally, we are seeing Alfonso resigns as paria fuel chair. That's Na Alfonso. That story develops on page seven. And for those in Tobago wondering what's the latest via the jet ski development and that circular argument. Well, we're seeing that jet ski operators to return to pigeon point.
However, serious restrictions.
So, that's on page 10. And I'm guess I'm guessing our brothers and sisters in Tobago will have to work this one out and find some kind of middle ground, find some kind of balance. Uh next week we will definitely do a deep dive into that story. Of course, uh we will stand by for details in that regard. You know, we always get into our Tobago Talks segment and I'm happy it happens. It it takes place on a Wednesday because next week, Thursday, uh it's going to be a public holiday. So um no public holiday for the arrival day this year. It falls tomorrow, Saturday. However, we still celebrate. That's right. I said to the back page, some tennis action. Mhm.
That's Osaka with a master master return there. This is all going down in the French Open tennis tournament. Of course, I know many getting ready for football.
Champions League this weekend. Arsenal PSG wishing the gunners the best. World Cup around the corner. All right. some cricket happening too on the women's side but indeed there is also tennis and I know there are many who love their tennis also NBA going down to the business end of their season so for the sport lovers there is something for everyone and on that tip before I head to the brief I really want to wish the Arsenal team the gunners the very best tomorrow if indeed we are able to get over the line and you Again, these are scenarios that could go anyway, but if we able to get over the line, it will be the perfect cherry on top what has been a beautiful season. Oh my goodness. Uh we'll talk some more about that of course on Monday. Speaking about games, UI games, that's some action there from the UI games there in the what it looks like is that the quadrangle it looks like. Yeah, right there in the heart of of UI campus in St. Augustine. Uh there was a culture night on Tuesday and all the athletes and the contingent from Muna, from Kville, they got a chance to get in real time a taste of the Trinidad and Tobago culture and our cultural expression. So well done the UI games, the grand finale and prize giving and their cool down. It happens later this evening at spec.
Right back to the quadrangle. I know the athletes will have a time and their memories of Trinidad will live with them for for many many years to come. Also, as we look towards the brief, our congratulations and we say commendation to a Triny who has been appointed as Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court CJ.
That's Trinidadian Judge Margaret Price Finley. Finley, I think it is. So, congrats. All smiles here on the brief.
So, as mentioned, we're going to get a chance to tap into the history. 1845, that was the day Mayor Matarafact of 1845 uh signal the start of what continues to be tremendous experience for Trinidad and Tobago. Not only did the indentured laborers from India come with that, I guess the intention was obviously to bring that injection into the economic structure of the day. But when people arrive to a new space, a new place to live, they bring with them obviously their culture, their food, their religion, their traditions, their way of life, and it endures to this day. It's been able to emerge and morph into what is the Trinidad and Tobago experience current day 2026, but the journey started in 1845. to give some details.
In that regard, we come back after the break with our first guest who'll do a a bit a bit of a deep dive into the history and the influence on today's society. Dr. Jerome Tilu Singh, historian, he joins me. Then later on, Dr. Visham Bal, founder of Caribbean Hindustani, dealing with the Trinidad BJ BJ Puri and and language. So, we're dealing with history first and then language. But up next, Dr. Jerome Tuxing on this the Indian arrival day.
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>> And of course, tomorrow the official day for the holiday. It commemorates the first arrival of East Indian indentured laborers to Trinidad, May of 1845.
That's the month, that's the year uh to give a deeper perspective and to take us through what happened from then to well 1917 when it came to an official end and obviously uh what we experience now in terms of the culture, the food, the religion, the the the morphing as it were into the fabric that is Trinidad and Tobago. We welcome Dr. Jerome Tilux Singh, historian. And you know when it comes to history, we could talk all morning. That was my favorite and continues to be one of my favorite talking points. Uh Dr. Tiluxing, let me say happy Indian arrival day to you and yours and of course by extension Trinidad and Tobago.
>> Yeah, same to you the staff at CNC3 and to Tran Tobago. Good morning and I'm happy to be here again.
>> Good morning indeed. So, you know, I was doing my own research. This is something that you know with all the different conversations we've had over the years we recognize that yes 1845 a significant year and that entry really into the Trinidad space. Um people obviously they travel with their culture, their food, their religion, their customs, their way of life and it endures up to this day. um what you think has been one of the greatest takeaways from the journey from then to now as we look at the contributions being made and continue to be made to the Trinidad and Tobago society.
I believe it is difficult to pinpoint one contribution because we have the Indotrinadians have made such a variety of contributions in the political sphere, the business, you know, education, law, various fields, cuisine, you know, language. They came with bourjpuri hindi udo you know they came with a a different type of dress you know the the pugri the men who wear the pugri the shallower gar saris so it's on a multitude of fronts that's right now obviously um Trinidad and Tobago is not the only country in the region I know Guyana >> also received a lot of indentured laborers just walk us through uh the the impact act in terms of the region and where got the most cuz I'm thinking when I'm looking at the notes it is saying about 100 over 100,000 based on that 1845 to 1917 period came to Trinidad and Tobago. I walk us through some of the numbers in other jurisdictions.
Well, Guyana had almost double was called British Guyana then and we had fewer numbers in Grenada, St. Lucia, Jamaica and you know a lot of people don't even know that some of the French colonies like Surinam also have and Martnik have relatively high Indian population because of Indianship. So it wasn't something confined to the British colonies and this is something we need to appreciate that we have persons of Indian descent in French speaking territories and even Spanish speaking territory. Yeah, cuz I'm saying it's about 140,000 uh based on the the rough estimate that came to Trinidad between 1845 to 1917. And the first point of entry was Nelson Island, which is another place I think we discussed uh recently.
>> Correct. And it's only from 1866 Nelson Island was used as that point for you know disembarking and for checking the Indians. But before that from 1845 to 1865, you know, it they came directly to Port Spain Harour.
>> Oh, so direct to the harbor.
>> Correct.
>> Was there any quarantine period? Cuz I know that happened at Nelson Island before the indentured laborers were off to the estates to work. What was the process from 1845 to 1865? was mentioned >> there was no quarantine because labor was needed so urgently. So it might have been one or two days you know just to clean up the Indians or so who came down on the ships and then was off to the various estates and let me add a lot of times we think Indianship was sugar but we also had Indians going to the cocoa coffee coconut and estates and also the the rice fields also had Indians. Was there any kind of integration with the indentured laborers coming to a new space, coming to a new land with people already existing and living on the island? Um, I asked this based on, >> you know, you had so many different reports. What what what when you go through the history books, what what's recorded based on the early days of the indentured laborer? What was their experience?
You see the the British try to present a rosy picture because they had taken you know a lot of licks and criticisms from slavery. But if you examine some of the oral interviews and some of the newspaper reports you realize that these Indians were considered aliens in this new homeland because the way they dress, the way they spoke, their religions were Hinduism and Islam. But so they were alienated. They were marginalized in their new society. There was a source of friction amongst the Africans because the Indians were working for lower wages. So it was because of economics that there was this tension between the two ethnic groups. That was one of the early causes of mistrust between the two races. But in terms of integration, it's amazing that the Indians were able to look away from some of the cast restrictions. Um, you would have heard the public would have heard the term jihadi by you would have heard that from the popular calypso. But jihad by brotherhood of the boat was very real.
And this brotherhood and sisterhood continued on the plantations. They created bonds with Indians from other villages who came down to the Caribbean and they also created bonds with some of the Africans on the estates. Let me mention to you that on the sugar estates, cocoa, coffee, coconut, Indians and Africans work side by side in the villages after indenttorship when they moved out of the barracks. Indians and Africans had a very good relationship. They shared food from their gardens. They took care of each other's children. So it's a environment which I want to highlight where there was a sense of unity and there was integration.
>> Indeed. You know I want to thank you actually for a pen you would have sent myself and producer Nikisha and on the pen it says international day of remembrance of the victims of indenttorship and that day apparently is today the 29th. So that's why I brought up the the question of uh what was the treatment like? what was the early days in terms of that lived reality for the indentured laborers and if you could elaborate some more as to cuz I'm first time I'm hearing of this uh international day of remembrance of the victims of indenttorship. Could you elaborate on the significance?
>> Yeah. I my daughter initiated this day about 3 years ago and you know she I started to tell her the history of indenttorship the abuse the discrimination that many of these Indians face. The women fa they were raped many of the the men were beaten and of course there was no legal um system to to address these grievances.
it existed but it was always biased in favor of the planters in favor of the government so that these Indians remain victims. Indentership was always presented as something better than slavery but the conditions were still brutal and the resistance of the Indians they continued to run away from the estates. They continued to revolt they set fire to the plantations they worked slow. So the same forms of passive resistance and active resistance that the Africans displayed, the Indians also displayed. Many of these Indians were beaten on a daily basis and there was no sort of redress, no sort of protection.
>> Yeah. Well, it's a deeper conversation, I would imagine, for another day. Um but as we look towards arrival day itself which was firstly arrival day that turned to Indian arrival day. It was firstly I'm seeing here um herald as a holiday back in 1994 and then it was well the the renaming as it were happened apparently the year after. Walk me through could you recall uh the push to have this day as a holiday back in the '90s? Do you recall that particular momentum and movement and and probably why it took so long?
Yeah. You see, we we tend to have a recent memory. You know, this is when the former prime minister Patrick Manning designated the day as arrival day. People kicked up first and said, "No, it has to be called Indian arrival day." And then former prime minister Bastio Pande brought in Indian arrival day as something as a official public holiday from arrival day. Indian arrival day. But the population doesn't realize that it something was brewing earlier.
1945 the centenery 100 years there was a huge celebration in Skinner Park in San Fernando where people recognized Indian arrival day and in the 1960s into the 1970s there were actually groups that celebrated Indian Immigration Day. E M I G R A T I O N. So you had groups pushing for this and it's in 1979 that you know major groups like the Sonata and Dharma Ma Saba said they wanted Indian arrival day. They came together with other groups collaboration. So what happened in 1994 and 1995?
It's the end result of various NOS's and religious groups celebrating the day with processions and parades in a nonofficial way.
>> Okay. So the ball was rolling from since you say as early as 1945 and that and that's so unique because that was the same year of the war World War II. World War II was still in progress. So I guess they were celebrating under some some rather severe conditions I would imagine at Skinner Park.
>> Correct. World War II had ended. World War II was 1939 to 1945. So it was a you know a time of uncertainty, a time of um economic distress, social distress, you know, but it was something a milestone for the Indian population >> in terms of the archives and the history. And for the East Indians who currently live in Trinidad, third, fourth, fifth generations from that time, where can they find let's say documents on their family name on on on the history of their great-grandfather?
Is there any particular place uh that you could see a register cuz I know lots of uh adjustments were done with people's last name, but the reality is there are many who can trace their great great grandfather, great great grandmother.
Where do they go for that kind of information?
>> I would recommend as the main starting point the national archives in Port Spain. Uh their their ship registers, actual ship registers in the handwriting of the British. So you would see people's names, first name, surnames, the age, what estate they going to, the year they came down. um some people might have a difficulty understanding the handwriting but it is one of the starting points. I also want to suggest to people who might find it a bit boring that there are many sources online.
They're digitized sources now. Sometimes sources from abroad. Um so you don't have to go to England to look at the archives. You know some of these sources are already on the internet at our fingertips. Was that trip on the fatal razak back in 1940 in well 1845 and the subsequent trips was that a direct uh journey from India and what part of India did they depart? Was it straight India to the Caribbean and how long did that particular uh trip take back then?
It's a very good question because you know I believe the first trip took 103 days in 1845 but it all depended on the tides, the currents, the type of ship, you know. Um, so sometime it took shorter, sometimes it took longer. But I want to also address something that you brought up and that is not all the Indians came from India into the Caribbean. Some of them who served their contract in Grenada or Guyana came to Trinidad. Some who served their contract in Trinidad went to um St. Lucia to serve. So that there was a interchange. Some of them Indians who served in Fiji, Mauritius and other territories in the internship, they could also come into the Caribbean and continue serving their contract. So not all the Indians who came to Trinidad or the Caribbean came directly from India. They could have come from other colonies, other British colonies that were under the dentistship system.
>> You know, there's always this um sentiment anytime somebody leaves their homeland to to go somewhere, go into the unknown, to start over, to seek something different. There's this particular wish to return to their motherland. and many live live out their lives are not are not able to do so. Um at what point which generation were were the first that were able to travel head back to India probably just go and even start something over in our next part of the world. Um what does history see as it pertains to folks being able to repatriate or just go back as it were uh to India or other parts of the world >> from the 1850s you know and continue until the end of indentationship there were Indians who sought to return to India >> and they were given the opportunity and they were >> they were given the opportunity they were given the opportunity but it was a difficult choice because when they went back to India. They were treated with contempt. They had broken that bond with India by crossing the ocean, the calapani, the dark waters. So they were not treated the same. Some of their relatives had died, you know. Um they were now considered westernized. So some of them also didn't want to make that difficult trip. Some of them had a wife, some of them had children, you know, but there was this ancestral pull to return to the motherland. Um, so some of them did take the trip, but they also had the option to take land to take money, right? And the land of course were given in inhospitable areas, right? So that they got land and often they couldn't access it or couldn't use it. They were land owners um but they still had to go and continue working on the estates. So it was a sort of dilemma for many of these Indians. Should they take that return trip? Should they leave Trinidad which they had put down their roots for the last 5 years?
>> Very interesting. You know I didn't know that part of the history. You know I must say I thank you for that because I I I always got the impression that you know it was almost like a one-way trip for many and they were almost like duped or people were were tricked. That's the narrative, you know. You heard that people were were were conned as it were um being told yes, you could return, but when you got here realizing that to get back would have been almost impossible, but there were a few who you said made it back.
>> Correct.
>> Indeed. Um as we look towards arrival day, which is tomorrow, it's not in the week where we getting the holiday per se. So, I guess people will be up and about busy having their normal Saturday runs. Uh what's the biggest message? What's your um you know what's your uh Indian arrival the message as it were for 2026?
I want the population to remember that in the ship it's not just about Indians other ethnic minorities the Chinese the Syrians the Lebanese the Portuguese there were even some French and Germans who came in under this system because Britain was looking for a reliable labor force. So we have to remember that is how we have these this multicultural tranbago. There were other ethnic minorities who came down during this time but they left the estates. And what I also want the population to know is that there are persons of Indian descent. The dog persons who might be of Chinese and Indian descent and they also have to be you know included in any Indian arrival day celebration. And my final point is that indenttorship was about sacrifice.
It was about sacrificing for the next generation. It was about resilience. It was about resistance. And I would like, you know, the Tran Tobago in 2026 to adopt that work ethic, adopt those values and we would be a better country and we would ensure that a democracy survives because a lot of times there are a lot of social problems. We stay quiet and we look the other way and we need to adopt some of that um those values, those morals that were in indentures time. So this would be my message that we reflect, you know, on on what what made these people so devoted and determined to survive an environment that was considered unfriendly and against them.
>> Dr. Jerham Til Singh, as always, sincere thanks. Happy Indian Arrival Day to you and yours. As mentioned, thank you for the pen and we will touch base soon. You know, we always have our uh history lesson here on the program. So, I look forward. All the best.
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Uh Dr. Visham Bimal joins me. Always a pleasure to have Dr. Visham on the program and let me extend Indian arrival day greetings to you and yours. This is our probably six. We try to actually count how many interactions we've had.
Every time there's the holiday, we have a very important discussion because you teach me so much about the history, the language, the uh bushpuri and I must say it's been a great learning curve for me.
I've learned so much over the years from your ducks. So welcome.
>> So Hindustani anal that's how we say it in Trinaduri. Happy Indian arrival.
>> Fantastic. You know, we now talking on air, well, off air about the elders because of course your ancestors were the ones who, as you said, at home, they used to talk it. You heard it as a as a little boy. Did they gep? Because a lot of times when we look at the PWA, the elders was, you know, talking the big people talk. They didn't want the Trent to know what was happening. So, they would speak in in in that native tongue. And a lot of times they didn't pass it on. and a lot of the authentic language the pwan stuff would have been lost. What's been the experience with the bush puri?
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>> Speaking in this forum or medical forum I wouldn't speak English cruel.
>> If I speak English cruel they have a a emotion of inferiority attached to it.
So anyone if they hear a person speaking Trinidad English cruel versus um standard Trinad English out of context they will assume that you're uneducated.
>> Mhm.
>> Uh I remember going Surinam once and asking well what is the experience at school? Because you know in Surinam the Indoame still speak their buri right? Um you allowed to use it at school and what about home? the parents is allowed to use it because they speak Dutch formally, right?
>> And Sarn Tango is like their creo.
>> So she was saying and school is to make sure we don't speak Hindustani because they thought it would have kept us back.
>> Um me growing up looking at my mom because I did uh I did my family history. So on that side uh my great my great-grandfather's name was um Bimal his brother was Timol and they were he was a catechist in the Presbyterian church in south and that family moved up the social ladder uh faster as opposed to the beall to remain Hindus that's one thing cuz I remember I was talking to pro professor um Jerome Tuxing uh the language was important for upward social mobility so the more English you know and the less Hindustani and Creole you know the >> and indeed it was colonial times So people was trying to speak the queen's English I would imagine. So so that would have given you a certain >> a certain favor I would imagine and in society at that point in time >> right mom side uh the famous pandit lagdari who was one of the founding members of the masaba um uh we trace the family history so that family came from what they call brahinstock so I used I learned Hindi from mom's side of the family which was quite interesting to read and write. So I became literate at age 11 and did it at UEI. But I remember when I was doing it, my mom was not it didn't sit well with her that I was learning Hindi >> because I guess my aspirations towards towards being a medical doctor.
>> So I guess her thought was that why doing that for that wasting time that that wouldn't help you in your profession. Mhm.
>> Um little did I know in learning it I was able to yes be a medical doctor now doing medical Spanish and giving me the way with regard to language policy which um with regard to immigrants in Trinidad but also being able to do interpretation in Hindi and Udu at the level of the government where in police service or in immigration. Um so it is very important irrespective of the language to kind of have that general sense of academia but also a sense of itself and identity.
>> How important as it pertains to language as we talk in language would have been the cultural impact we talking here as early as the radio days back in the days with AM into FM the Indian movie on a Sunday. I remember as a child um yes there would have been subtitles but there was a particular language the language would have been well at the time I telling myself well that's Hindi um how important was that cultural impact as it were that continues to still be part of of I would say the the media framework of Trinidad and Tobago >> looking at the history after the abolition afterhship ended right they were allowed to move about and this style called local classical singing or tan singing became popular um with regard to the language and cultural things that would happen. It would be the local classical singing competitions because at that time they didn't have any uh any stuff for the media with regard to Hindustan or Hindi. Um uh and then uh moving up in the 1940s was the first Indian movie to come to China Balajan. But remember around that time India was getting independence and the standard of the Hindustani unionship is not the same as modern standard Hindi now. So obviously that would have changed even in media administration. So the first movie was in what they call modern standard Hindi. So you could imagine they speak BJU here listening to modern standard Hindi which is a different language Portuguese versus Spanish some level of mutually intelligibility but then they're hearing that from India and they think but that's not how we speak. So probably that is a real thing. So one could imagine now that >> reckoning looking back at the country politically change even linguistically.
So >> um and then slowly after they had I think Buyas and the stuff where they had the bands and when the the Bollywood or the Hindi movies coming into Trin was something that kind of rallied them around cuz remember going through the um the 1900s especially coming to 1950s and closer independence uh education started to be free. So that because education was more accessible you find lots of languages like Trinad Bjuri and um and and PWA.
>> Doc let me ask you did the bush puri spoken then the authentic bush puri from the mainland when integrating now with Trinidad and Tobago with the language that exists here. Did did there did you see a merging as it were of Bush Puri with local words and if if so could you give an example? Was there any kind of morphing, any kind of striking of a balance? Did did the bush puri even change in the Trinidad and Tobago experience?
>> So it would have changed. My nan used to say kitchen behind behind the kitchen >> kitchen. So there's kitchen English with kitchen.
>> Uh adding the W means the so when you add add W to the end of the word. So now you're using the the noun in English kitchen adding W mean the kitchen. K behind is the postition in English is a preposition behind the kitchen. That's literally what it means.
>> Kitchen behind >> table the table >> on top of the table.
>> Wow.
>> So there was a is the same exact uh form Hindustani but you replace it with English words and then like the word for factory um was mule which is from French moola right? The word for week would be dim which is dash right the original word is um itwaru a boy born on Sunday but then eventually you find French words coming in I grew up with my grandparents having what called sapat >> right now that was common not only within the indoor trinadian context but as well as the uh pwa creole context right and sapat comes from zapato >> so sapat actually was a word in uh pwa and hindustani equally as well as um we say damad nowhere in the bjpuri speaking diaspora that word exists they still say tomato right damad come from tomadas from pwa >> so the word damad is uniquely trinadian in trinat bhpuri >> so we have been able to almost uh kind of put our our tint our slant on it as it were based on our experience is is bush puri spoken anywhere in Trinidad still as any of the elders any of the young people I'm trying to figure out where have we gone anywhere and been able to in real time just communicate >> if you go on Caribbean Industani the Facebook page as well as the YouTube there I did a lot of interviews so I became a medical doctor in uh in 2005 and after that I was posted in South Trinidad in rural areas like Pinal as the the village of my Ajani my my paternal grandparents and there were a lot of people coming into the clinic who diabetic and hypertensive it's chronic disease over 80 And it was surprising the majority of them could have spoken prully. So I would have take their contact with the permission go home and I did interviews and I recorded them and got permission. So they posted on Caribbean you could see the interviews there. Of those only three people alive right back then it was like how you say come to the clinic I would meet about three or four people for the week >> right? So it's a language slowly on the decline but through Caribbean Hindustani what we've done is uh formalize a grammar. So we start we have done train B classes before just like they are part of our classes as well uh in an attempt now because you find the people who go abroad let's say to the US and the UK the secondary diaspora they are seen by people from India and they're seen by Caribbean people Caribbean people find they're not Caribbean and Indian people find they're not Indian >> so they have this this vacuum of some sense of identity so over the years I think through Caribbean indust And we were able to kind of get that because you see remember Hindi is not your ancestral language is really bjuri. So a lot of times even me when you speak to people from India they'll be like but but that's not the word this is the word from Hindi. Um so it gives them that empowerment to say no well our expression and the expression of our ancestors are also valid. Um and in a way I think a lot of them have come back to me and say well you know we didn't know this before but um this is really uniquely who we are and it helps us explain that >> amazing because again when somebody moves any kind of movement it starts with obviously language you have to communicate uh people obviously walk with their religion their culture their food but language as human beings that's how we you know there must be the language and I wonder if there would have been any issues in that regard in the early part when the first indentured laborers made their way to Trinidad in 1845.
In terms of coming to a place with a whole new language, I wonder what that is there any any documents that that would have highlighted what what that early experience was like language wise.
>> Now remember when liberals came in the early part of indendership a lot of them came from Madras. So they didn't even speak BJ, they spoke Tamil.
>> Uh they were quite small and they came within a mass community that spoke mostly dialects of BHP.
>> So in that small community I guess it gives a kind of a macrocosm of what would have happened in the in the a microcosm of what happened in microcosm where they would speak Tamil at home but they had to assimilate with the Bjuri community. So all the Tamil speakers at least those that would have been recorded in the past none alive now would have been bilingual or triilingual because they spoke Tamil at home bjuri within the community >> and then creole English on the outside when they go to the market and stuff stuff like that and even pwa. So um is nothing new because remember even in Trinidad we have Venezuelan Venezuelan uh immigrants coming to Trinidad because of the political situation in in um in Venezuela. But if you pick up the Venezuelan people just pick up these contextual expressions in English and use it uh have plenty uh something like that and they use the word plenty which means mucho in Spanish.
>> Yes. Yes. Yes. But because I guess you could pick up these phrases within context and use it. That is actually the fastest way to learn a language and actually learning a language at school.
Being in the actual interaction.
>> Yes. Like be immersing yourself in it.
>> Yeah.
>> Um as we to wrap things up, what's your Indian arrival day message for this calendar year 2026?
>> Um for all a lot of people ask me I when I travel abroad they are from India right because of how I look. M >> I remember the first time I had gone to the the UK and I cash say you from Trinidad. I was so proud because that's the first time I went abroad and somebody just watch me or listen to how I speak and say I'm Trinidadian. So I want to tell the the message really is be proud in your Trinbago identity. You would be amazed at how unique it is, how it's so internationally market and you should really take pride in that.
>> Dr. Visham Bimal, all the best as always. If folks want to keep in touch with you and and learn more about language, how can they get in touch?
>> So, Caribbean Hindustani, that's the Facebook page as well as Caribbean Hindustani the YouTube page and all the contact information is there.
>> Always a pleasure.
>> Thanks.
>> All the best. Yes. Uh with that, we're going to take a pause and come back.
Couple of housekeeping uh details to take care of and we're going to work our way to the 7 a.m. news update. See you soon.
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>> Welcome back. Just watching some notes there. Um, I think we're getting ready for is it the weather update? I think we're going to step into the weather and uh get ready for the 7:00 a.m. So, we have some sweets, some delicacies we're going to treat with inside the second hour. We're going to treat with some music, some tasa. Oh, it's a fantastic show carded on this Friday. Final Friday for us in the month of May, but the day before Indian arrival day holiday. Let's check in with Sigoni for our weather update.
Hi there, I'm Siggoni Muhammad with your daily dose of weather. We're taking a look at what's going out there and right now we do see a ridge pattern that remains the dominant feature across the general area. And when we say ridge, we really mean that we're expecting mostly dry and stable weather. Now, while conditions remain mostly settled for us in Trinidad and Tobago, we are watching a tropical wave in the area that's moving in. And at this stage, only minimal shower activity is expected from it. Now, we're also continuing to monitor a layer of Saharan dust across the southern Caribbean, and that's giving skies that slightly hazy look.
So, over the next 18 to 36-hour period, we can expect another generally sunny, breezy, and even hazy day with a few partly cloudy spells and the risk of a brief isolated shower, especially coming in during the afternoon period.
Temperature- wise, we remain hot across the islands and winds remain fairly brisk and that's going to be coming out from the east to eastsoutheast at times somewhere between 10 and 40 kilometers per hour. Now, in terms of our seas, they do remain moderate for open water interest, we're still maintaining that 2 to 2.5 m height. And while we're seeing in those sheltered areas, it's going to get up to about 1.5 m at times. And a reminder that spring tides are in effect. So all marine interests, you are advised to exercise caution, especially during the high tide time and during nearshore activities. Ideally, only a few quick showers are around, but rougher seas and spring tides continue to demand attention along the coast.
With that, that's your weather forecast.
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>> Son, sincere thanks. Sincere thanks. So based on what she's saying, it might might just get a little sprinkle here or there in for this well I can't even say long weekend because the holiday falls on a Saturday. Um obviously you know u many will still take the moment to enjoy and to really celebrate and by all means I myself looking forward to not only the weekend but to more discussions next week. We look forward to at least a chance to break down some of the major talking points. We kind of put that on the back burner for this morning. We want to keep it within the theme and and vein and context of the Indian arrival day holiday. So I can safely say inside the next hour some tasa. Uh we deal with some delicacies because the cuisine yes a very integral part to the experience.
So sit back, relax, enjoy. It's your Indian arrival day celebration. Our special the day before the holiday right here on the morning brew. We come back with more after seven.
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A very good morning. I'm Akash Samuru with Headline News on CNC3 and the TBC radio network. There are now 15 no protest zones as the police service moves to clamp down on what it describes as rowdy public demonstrations in sensitive areas. Those locations include the Parliament, the Prime Minister's Office, and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. But questions persist over whether the restrictions which came into effect on Wednesday were specifically designed to shut down the Kailei demonstration in the capital. At a TTPS media conference yesterday asked directly if these new restrictions were hurriedly put in place to stop the protest outside the TPP's office. DCP Junior Benjamin said >> when these decisions are made all right it is made in the best interest of Trinidad and Tobago when we recognize that there are key areas and again you recognize that it's not just one area um even in the regulation and uh even though it was not stated it was you will see that it is key places. Meanwhile, the prime minister is applauding the police service for what she described as swift action in securing the DPP's office during Wednesday's protest. In a statement on social media yesterday, Ka Prasad Bisa he hailed the move, noting that it protected against what she described as intimidation, harassment, and possible harm. She further accused the opposition PNM and criminal elements of promoting lawlessness, hatred against police, racist rhetoric, and mob intimidation tactics. She maintained that anti- police rhetoric could place officers and prosecutors in danger. And the TTPS says it supports the use of body cameras as deputy police commissioner Junior Benjamin revealed that steps are now being taken to bring body cams into service. This comes amid continued public concerns over police shootings, accountability, and public trust in law enforcement.
Last week we had uh um a notice of interest placed on I think the papers.
So um we are seeking to at least have the first stage in really getting the whole uh information in terms of the procurement process and it is our intention to see how we can address that you know as soon as possible. When CNC3 News asked for a timeline on the procurement process, no response was provided. At the start of the year, Benjamin told CNC3 News there were 180 usable body cameras. CNC3 News reached out for an update on that figure, and we were told just about 120 body cams are active at the moment. We'll stay tuned for another news update at the top of the hour and for comprehensive coverage in our midday news and major newscast at 700 p.m. on CNC3.
Welcome back inside this your second hour to the 29th of May, final Friday in the month of May and we are getting ready for the Indian arrival. holiday officially carded for tomorrow, but we celebrate, we start the celebration one time. And what I want to do is uh before we get into some of the discussions and the delicacies and the tasa and all the goodness carded for the second hour, a quick reminder as to how you could book your spot. That's right. Come next week, if you want to come sit with us, have a conversation. You're sending your email to tmb at cnc3.co.t.
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>> And let's move across to the Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Get your copy today, Friday. And of course, look out for the Indian Arrival Day edition tomorrow. And for those who want to enjoy the Guardian on their tablet, laptop, computer, on your smartphone, we want you to visit www.guardian.co.
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Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. Again, even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth and the truth will always remain the truth. The truth remains consistent. you know, is when you're telling untruth, when you're lying, when you're doing the art of fabrication, you have to remember because the stories continue to change, but the truth will remain the truth because it's how it happened and it's how you will always recall it. Well done. Great words. Let's get ready for a video that from what I understand came out yesterday in commemoration of Indian Arrival Day in time for the celebration tomorrow. It's from Caitlyn Sultan.
That's right. Remember Caitlyn who would have been here with us on numerous occasions. Beautiful little girl, very talented, a bright future ahead. Her parents are there with her guiding her on the way. So, we want all the best for Caitlyn and she is going places. And of course, one of the seasoned campaigners in the music game, GI. So, it's a GI and Caitlyn combination with a beautiful song in time for Indian Arrival Day. Sit back, relax, and enjoy.
The sun was set to low on behind a kiss me and no was goodbye.
Bunny water feel the same.
We crossing the water. We never come the same but we keep we keep we name all s together people of labor 5 again crossing water of the sister of the same we never come the same but we keep we keep we sing the story for everybody in the Great.
We all hand water funny sister what we We featuring black water. We never come the same but we keep we song. We keep weap.
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Salute. Salute. Salute.
>> Calapani. Uh, that's right. Caitlyn, Caitlyn and GI in combination on this Indian Arrival Day, at least the pre-Indian Arrival Day celebration show.
And we keep it within the theme. We keep it uplifting. We uh try to make you smile and try to bring a good energy going into this weekend. And up next, I get a chance to get into some delicacies. You know, oh my favorite part of the program. So, it's your mind your business and we're going to treat with the treats. It's up next. And we're going to welcome Dawn Ramisun Ali from Aurora Fine Delights. Oh yes. Stand by.
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Well, I'm so happy to have with me uh Dor Ramisoon Ali. And Dawn is here. She is the owner of Aurora Fine Delights.
And let me tell you, a lady I could already tell of of impeccable taste. Um eye for detail. She's here with her signage. And let me tell you, I'm seeing everything from the Gulab Jamun to the Barafi. And as always, one of my favorites, the Kuruma. So, we get a full full insight into Dawn's business and how you can get some of the sweets for the holiday. And I would say beyond.
Don, welcome to the program.
>> Thank you.
>> Yes, indeed. I would imagine some of these recipes would you say handed down or you within your own culinary journey was able to find your particular blend and and and and style and and deliver on some of our favorites.
jamun full works.
>> They are my recipes. So I would have seen I was would have observed and then I would have you know adapted and tweaked to my taste and then of course my customer base and my taste testers of course my children.
>> Well yes I and I know I know they probably enjoy they probably enjoy that job.
>> Oh yeah >> yes yes yes >> yes yes. When did the business idea actually start? Cuz I would imagine you start at home, you know, you start at home, family, friends, but then you decide, you know what, time to share this with a wider audience. Walk me through that process and taken it to the business model.
>> I am a bit of a snack, crackle, and pop kind of person. So, in January of 2018, I decided I'm going to do sweets.
>> All right.
>> Cuz I would have observed my mom, my aunts, and you know, different members of the family, and I was like, you know what? It's time to get my hands into this. And that's how I started. I started with the core things here that you're seeing, the kerma, gulab jamun, and the milk barfy. Um, on my board here, you'll see that I would have branched out eventually into the coconut cherry bar. There's another one, uh, pistachio barfy. I didn't put that up.
Um, but yeah, those recipes are mine.
Um, snap, crackle, and pop. I'm going to do Indian sweets. Started with recipes.
Tweak, tweak, tweak, taste testing, and here I am. You know, I must say, Don, I love how you're doing the the kura because the kura is almost as a bite-siz ka.
>> Indeed, it is.
>> So, let me let me get on it one time.
Um, you know, doing work with all the necessary tools. So, I could have the nice look. Look at the plate now. You see the plate, Rich? Or the plate that tell you attention to detail here? You know, I feel so regal. You know, this is this is royal treatment. Look at this.
Is a bite-size bite-siz chrom. Look at that right there. M.
>> Oh, nice.
>> Thank you.
>> Mhm. Not too not overly sweet. Just the right consistency.
>> Yes.
>> Yeah. Mhm.
You do it like this or if somebody wants the traditional the kind of long ka how you go about it.
>> Well, funny that you say traditional long kerma because growing up this was traditional for us. The small ones.
>> Yes. because my maternal grandmother being Muslim that's what they grew up making and I saw my mom doing it so I was like okay this is the one that I'd like to do. Also there's a certain level of decadence to this one.
>> It's a richer base and richer being more milks. It's not any water in there at all.
>> So it's the evaporated milk, the condensed milk. I have a very nice spice profile where I put uh cardamom, ginger, spice, and nutmeg inside of there.
>> That's the nutmeg is what I'm getting here.
>> You probably getting a bit of all.
>> Yes, because and again it's not overly sweet, I guess.
>> No, I manage the sweetness.
>> Mhm.
>> Cuz you notice the coating, it's not heavy, you know, it's just enough.
>> Now, I would imagine to me, I look at this and I know this is a science. Walk me through the consistency, being able to finally fine-tune the recipe and get it the same way most times.
>> Well, the important thing about getting the end result to be the same is having a fixed recipe.
>> Mhm.
>> So, after all your tweaks and you get to that sweet spot, you say, "Okay, you document it and this is what I'm going with." And when I have large orders, I don't expect to just say, "All right, I'm just going to make this a bigger batch." No. The key to a good recipe and a good end result is maintaining your batch size.
>> Mhm.
>> So we say today I want to make 5bs of kerma. This is my recipe. Tomorrow I want to make£10 of kerma. It's this recipe two times.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah.
>> In terms of let's say a big order, wedding, um a corporate event, uh what's the what's the most you could churn out uh if somebody wants like let's say a really big order or what probably was the biggest order to date so far >> to date? I would have done about 900 bags.
>> 900 bags >> for a corporate planet.
>> Yeah.
>> You have help in when when you order that big to bag out all of that.
>> Yes, I do get help for the bagging, but I don't get help for the making.
Everybody strongly believes that my hands need to be in it >> because if anybody's hands go into it, it's all over. Grover.
>> Amazing. So let me find out in terms of uh delivery is it is it a a brick and mortar or something or is it uh you call and then you do the the sweets the delicacies and you deliver. How what's the business model in terms of getting the product >> right? So to contact us first of all you can do by phone or Instagram, Facebook, there's also a Tik Tok page. Um you make your call or you do the WhatsApp confirmations. We can deliver to you.
You can pick up. I do not have a front store, >> you know. So, the social media presence is what advertises for me, you know. You see it. If you want to do a taste test, that kind of thing, we can arrange that.
>> So, you have like a Korea something going on like in terms of deliveries.
>> Yes, that is always arranged. I have children of >> adult children >> who are always willing to help.
>> I'm so glad that they help you with the business too. That That's so important.
That's so important. And then I know they're probably so proud of you being able to just uh share what they would have grown up and enjoyed now with a wider audience. I mean this is amazing.
I want I must say this milk bar. Oh it bar it is barafing. I mean that's what I but walk me through. I mean again not too sweet very consistent light on the palette melting in your mouth. What's the ingredients in a bar?
>> What are you eating them?
>> Generally, um barfies have a base.
>> So, it's the full cream milk powder, >> the dairy cream that you combine and you into a crumble and then of traditionally people will run it through a seieve. But I found that that method kind of, you know, compromises your fingers.
>> So, against better judgment, people will say you need to and you need to, but I was like, no, I put it in the food processor.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah. and I get it down to that very very very fine crumble. Then of course you do your sugar syrup. And while your sugar syrup is going, you add your spices to your mix. And I would put uh the ginger powder.
>> Mhm.
>> And ground cardamom. And I also always put ghee in there.
>> Oh, we put some ghee.
>> Yes.
>> And this is baked. All these are baked.
>> No, they're fried.
>> Fried.
>> The kura and the gulab jamun are fried.
And the milk bar. You do the dry mix and then you add the hot sugar syrup which is to like you might have heard people refer to the one tread consistency. You add that in and you mix it all together.
Combine really nicely. I like to go with a pouring type a heavy pour >> um consistency. Level it out. I don't beat it. I don't don't like beating the barfy. No.
>> And level it out. And then I apply sprinkles. Um if it's the coconut cherry and the others, well then you know you incorporate those other ingredients in the dry mix.
>> I look at that Friday. I mean again because I I really I don't come from a genuine place of of seeking knowledge wanting to know. I just know these things taste but I don't know what's prepared. And I'm going to sample now the as they say the the fat ka or the gulab jamun or gulab jamun they also call it fat ka right.
>> Yes.
>> Yes. Let me Mhm. Oh.
So Don you you you fried this last night. This this tasted refresh. This tasted like this this do within the last 48 hours. This this you bring Oh my Oh look at this. When you do this, >> I did it night before.
>> I know that. I I tasted it. I tasted the hand. You know, this this this recent Oh, nice. I'm going to eat the whole thing. I know. Bear with me. Mhm.
In terms of orders, how much time you need? Cuz you know, Trice, we love our last minutes. Folks are watching us today. They might want to have some delicacies tomorrow. They're all excited. Could you do a quick turnover like that or you need what 48 hours or 4 days? What? What's what's your business model like in that regard?
>> A small order give me 3 days. A large order give me 7 days because I have to do start to finish. Start to finish is procurement. I have to go get all my ingredients together.
>> Um >> and make sure I have the time because I do have a full-time day job.
>> So, I have to fit the sweets business into my schedule.
>> What's the prep like? Which one which one takes the most prep? cuz I know you know for anybody who is in the kitchen you know bringing a product forward you know when it's coming together that's the beautiful part all the ingredients come together and you you get your finished product but it's the prep the cutting the rolling the weighing walk me through which one is the most tedious when it comes to prep >> the prep is not really the issue >> it's not so much >> the time yeah the time comes with the milk barary fee >> oh the milk >> because when you have that hot uh batter. You have to let that now set cool.
C cool not to this consistency that you have here, but cool to a consistency where you could start marking it >> for the final cut.
>> So sometimes that could take four to 6 hours >> for it to get to that consistency. When you make that, you have to have time >> to babysit. Well, >> look at that. So you have to like you have to be on it. You have to be actually >> Yes. there.
>> Yes. Watching it, making sure. Okay, now is the time and you cut.
>> And how you know when is the time? Is that is that based on experience? The timing of it?
>> Not really the timing, but how it looks and to the touch.
>> Yeah, the experience.
>> Yes, >> experience. That's what the experience comes.
>> I'll I'll let everybody in on a little secret here.
>> When you now pour it into your tray, it's glistening nice, bright, and shiny.
M.
>> And when it's almost ready to cut, it starts to get a little dull >> to the surface and that's how you know it's almost there.
>> That's right. Timing is everything.
>> So, Don, um, walk me through orders. I as well. I mean, as you said, you need your prior notice per se. U, but which one based on your years in the business um, is the top seller? Which one out of what your offer is the most requested?
>> The three.
>> They like go together. We're having a function. What do you have to offer? Um, can we get KMA milk barfree, gulab jamuns? Those are the traditional three.
>> And that's why you offer the mixed sweets.
>> Yes.
>> This year.
>> Yep.
>> So, it's literally the barfree kuma and the gulab jamun.
>> Yes.
>> All in one.
>> Correct.
>> And look at your price list. Walk me through some of the prices now. We're seeing it on on on screen here.
>> So, my milk bar is $72 a dozen. Uh, the gulab jamun $60 a dozen. Kerma $45 per pound. The coconut cherry barfey and the pistachio barfey those are 120 per dozen cuz the ingredients are more and they cost more for production.
>> When's your busiest time of the year?
>> Busiest time would be Diwali for sure takes first place and Eid takes second place.
>> Fantastic. Fantastic. I would imagine and is I I would imagine to junior year weddings uh birthday parties you know people will have their request. This is something that growing up in Trinad you get a chance to uh really enjoy cuisine and and that that first that variety. I mean I grew up next to in Komoto next to Nari and I remember especially for Diwalian stuff you know all the sweets and you just as a child you join it you really know as I get older now you get into find out how I was prepared but these bring me back to so many fun childhood memories that trust me don't trust me you know when it was taking me back right here >> and that is one of my objectives when you get my product you're going to be reminded of home grandma auntie whoever used to bring this to the table for you.
That is the impact I'd like to bring back.
>> Are these sweets indigenous to Trinidad or could one go to India or Pakistan or all these places and and get stuff that's similar?
>> Well, I like to think that my sweets are East Indian inspired >> because when you go to India um the way in which they make the very same things, their recipes are different. Their techniques might be different.
>> Taste different though.
>> They may Yes, they will taste different.
Yeah. So they for me I would not say that these are authentic Indians sweets.
They are East Indian inspired.
>> That's right. We've put our triny flavor.
>> Yes.
>> On it and spin on it. We're doing again.
Let me just give you a chance to put all the contact information up from the number to your online uh details. Oh gosh. All your nice. Mhm. Right there.
All the information up. Put it up there one time. All your contact details.
>> It's here.
>> Yeah. Yeah. You know, we could we could >> You want me to say it out? Yeah. So, by phone or WhatsApp, it's 6801520.
Uh Instagram, Facebook, and Tik Tok. You just go the handle at Aurora Fine Delights.
>> Oh, you came up with the name Aurora.
What's the What's the significance behind that name? It seems very intentional.
>> It is very intentional.
Interesting that you picked up on that.
>> Yeah. I mean, listen, something we pull up, I realize you're a woman of fine detail. you you pay attention to detail talking about Aurora before we wrap things up.
>> Well, my name is Dawn >> and Aurora is the goddess of sunrise >> and I when I started off the business, I wanted to have it connected yet disconnected.
>> Mhm.
>> So, it was a way to throw things off, but then I would know the little secret behind it. And I'm very, very passionate about it. I could tell and I taste it and I applaud you and I want to tell you keep forging on Aurora onto onto great things. Again remember his name Aurora Find the Lights and their owner Dawn Ramisun Ali touching base. Oh nice you know I enjoy myself this morning. All the best to you and the family and happy Indian arrival day.
>> Thank you very much and the same to you.
>> That's right.
>> With that we get ready for more. Moving our way to 8:00 again, the second hour, easy, fun, and uh a chance for you to just enjoy in the holidays. We take a pause and come right back.
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Ah yes indeed you know what is Indian arrival day without song without the the the musical experience that is so rich and it's a major part of our fabric and in that regard we want to welcome from Avatar the band Ashkand do Ashk is here with us touching base just not only to sing this morning but but just to uh I guess give us a little insight into your entry into the music and I What was the the major I guess you know there's always this particular moment actually where you know you might be singing at home your friends your family know you could sing it but it takes a different kind of courage to step into the light and say you know what you want to share this talent with a a audience so happy Indian Indian arrival day to you and I look forward to our our little discussion with the history welcome >> pleasant good morning to each and everyone um I must say it is indeed an honor to be here in CNC3 especially with you JW >> respect my brother respect.
>> So I was inspired by my my father. He's also a singer.
>> All right.
>> Yeah. So I started from a very tender age from age 8. I actually recorded my first cover version um in FM studios in when I was 10 years.
>> Okay. Okay.
>> And um what encouraged us a lot is um stuff like Mastana Bahar, the Diwali Nagar um NCIC youth charm, those type of things. So these competitions kind of brought us closer to our culture.
>> Yeah, that's right. you know the platform was there. Is there is there still major platforms for let's say you know the the young Ashk the the the Ashkade somebody similar to you right now who's also 10 >> wanting to sing coming up through the ranks is there still a platform for that within the space >> of course yeah there's Masana Bahar is still around um there are a number of different um um organizations um like the NCIC youths um it have the Mahatma Gandhi Institute um by Mount Obia as well excellent which offers >> a lot of different opportunities for the younger upcoming singers.
>> Excellent. Was it was it difficult for you to get the uh the pronunciation, the the announce, you know, the articulation, the the words, the language. Uh walk me through learning the music as a as a young man coming up.
>> Yeah. So, um it was challenging because I mean we are Trinidadians, you know, we have to kind of pronounce and then everything there's a certain way to pronounce and enunciate everything, >> right? So, me personally, I first started like my dad trained me a little bit like the simple stuff like the along, those type of things. Um and then my first tutor was um Rajesh Kilkaruji.
Um a good friend of mine brought him down and you know we had a one or two classes followed by Dr. Ruby Malik >> and um currently um my guru is um Dr. Satan Ambraat from Agra India.
>> Fantastic. in terms of uh today's uh musical journey uh what you're going to give us today and what's the within the genre as it were is it is it more like u sentimental something something more upbeat what what's the genre we're going to experience today >> so um I must say big up to my team Avatar Avatar the band um we he um he is the leader of our band um >> we have been putting out um a lot of different cover versions that kind of incorporate both right so upbeat and you're giving that sentiment. They're feeling that, you know, energy. Um, so I along the lines of everything. I'm a Trinidadian, so it's Chutney, Bodywood, it's budgeons, it's so it's everything.
>> Nice.
>> Fusion as it were.
>> Exactly.
>> That's right. Well, as always, I have the mic right here. And Ash, this is for you to uh just, you know, bless us with your talent and your amazing voice. And when we come back after the the performance, we're going to get some social media details as to how you could find Ashki and and book not only Ashk but Avatar the band in your celebration.
So sit back, relax and enjoy it music on this your Indian arrival day holiday.
Thank you.
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Yes, man. That's what we talking about.
That's what we talking about. Hey, let me tell you, you're not going to you're not only going to get one today. I know you're going to get two. Uh but before we go there, in terms of uh how you go about uh is it you're part of the band? Do you do individual shows? Walk me through your particular music business model. So um my um main goal is basically showing love and you know that type of thing right. So I'm I'm with the band I'm with and I'm with animals at the same time.
So yes so basically um my manager um >> Kisho Wiz Ramdat >> um takes my bookings he take bookings for the entire bar and everything. So he's basically the booking agent, booking manager, everything.
>> Yeah.
>> Excellent. What was the uh before we get into the next song? What was the meaning and sentiment behind the first song?
What what what did it say? What are the words?
>> So the the first song is basically um someone who is in love with someone, right? They're so deeply in love, but that person is either far away or is gone.
>> Yeah.
>> Okay. And the second song, what we're going to experience now with the second selection.
>> This is another love song. This is a a recent release from Avatar the Band, right? And um this song basically is this guy writing a letter to this girl and this letter becoming poetry. So you're describing her in different ways.
He's describing how much he wants to be with her and that type of vibe.
>> Yeah, love is in your house. Ashkan do touching base. Let's take in the second selection. Sit back, relax, and enjoy.
Mickey.
I see the way you moved and crossed the floor like nothing I've ever seen before.
Shadows dancing in your eyes.
You wouldn't find surprise underneath the neon.
Yeah.
My push you today.
I see the way you move and cross the floor.
Like nothing I've ever seen before.
Shadows dancing in your eyes.
Beautiful and surprise underneath me.
Oh yeah.
Fore! Foreign! Foreign!
your mech.
You're not even That's right. Ashk touching base with us on this the Indian arrival day celebration the day before the actual holiday. What's your actual plan for tomorrow? What you normally do for for the arrival day? So um avatar band is booked out both tomorrow and Sunday >> where we can find you all where you'll be.
>> So tomorrow we will be in um with the honorable Michelle Benjamin in her career competition in Barakpur Kunjal recreational ground and on on Sunday we're going to be with Dish Maharaj in Orangis.
>> Excellent booked and busy important and how can folks keep in touch in terms of following your music the band. Uh how they going to find you online? Of course, you can follow us on all of the um social media platforms, aka Kandu and Avatar the band. You can find them in all of the different platforms as well.
>> Happy Indian Arrival Day, bro.
>> Thank you so much and happy Indian arrival day to each and everyone.
>> We take that pause as we come back and keep it within the vein of the culture.
Some tasks to take us up to 8:00. See you soon. Like nothing I've ever seen before.
Shadows dancing in your eyes.
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>> Oh my goodness. Just having a nice time here with the guys from the Shooting Stars TASA group. and they've been from what I understand and from what I'm seeing here making major waves especially when we consider the best village competition three-time winners and of course we want to welcome in no particular order we have Akash Daniel Rad Muhammad Arvin Williams and Nicholas Muhammad these guys are truly amazing I'll put all their information up so if you want to book them for your celebration make sure remember the name the shooting stars Tasa group from Frederick settlement in Carony. Fellas, let it roll.
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Well, after you shooting stars Shooting stars, well done. Um, you know, I have actually have the number uh the number to call. Do we have it up on screen?
>> Yes, let's put it up. Ah, that's it right there. 4671297.
Uh, these guys are champions in their regard. And again, Tasa very integral to not only the Indian Arrival Day experience, but the entire Trinidad and Tobago experience. Tasa, we love it.
It's part of the fabric. And fellas, continued great work. All the best and happy Indian arrival day to you and the team. Um on that note, uh we make our exit. It's been a tremendous week, a great time. And uh by all means, God spare. I'm back for more next week. Oh, you mean we can roll something as we leave it. Roll it again, man. Welcome.
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