Michael Booth­man’s cre­den­tials as a mul­ti-dis­ci­pli­nary “cre­ative” (his word) were once again es­tab­lished be­yond rea­son­able doubt in Ret­ro­spec­tive—a re­cent and mem­o­rable so­lo ex­hi­bi­tion host­ed by Arn­im’s Art Gallery in Port-of-Spain.

In 2023, singer, song­writer, ac­tor, and pro­duc­er Kar­la C Gon­za­les faced one of the tough­est chal­lenges of her ca­reer. Years af­ter a fall dur­ing a per­for­mance—which she had then dis­missed as “just a fall”—ex­cru­ci­at­ing pain resur­faced, leav­ing her de­pen­dent on a walk­er or walk­ing stick, and forc­ing her to per­form seat­ed at times.

In cel­e­bra­tion of the 40th an­niver­sary of diplo­mat­ic re­la­tions be­tween the Re­pub­lic of Ko­rea and T&T, as well as Ko­rea’s Na­tion­al Foun­da­tion Day, the Em­bassy of the Re­pub­lic of Ko­rea host­ed a cul­tur­al event show­cas­ing artistes from both na­tions.

The pro­duc­tion Min­neso­ta 10,000 Lakes Meets Trinidad Car­ni­val took New York Fash­ion Week (NYFW) 2025 by storm on Sep­tem­ber 13, when vi­brant Caribbean fash­ion house Mum & Me Pro­duc­tion (MMP) staged its sec­ond an­nu­al show­case. The event was host­ed by Fash­ion Life Tour (FTL).

Phys­i­cal, men­tal and emo­tion­al sup­port dur­ing and af­ter breast can­cer treat­ment is one of the cru­cial fac­tors in the re­cov­ery process, as it helps the pa­tient man­age the emo­tion­al tur­moil that comes with a can­cer di­ag­no­sis and makes adapt­ing to their new ‘nor­mal’ a bit eas­i­er.

Mo­ments be­fore Anaya Gokool steps on stage, still be­hind the cur­tains, she thinks about her grand­moth­er. She even looks up to the heav­ens some­times, whis­per­ing, “This is for you.”

“Love? Love? Love is not safe, my la­dy silk, love is dan­ger­ous. It is de­ceit­ful­ly sweet like wine from a fresh palm tree at dawn. Love is fine for singing about, and love songs are good to lis­ten to, some­times even to dance to. But when we need to count on hu­man strength, and when we have to count pen­nies for food for our stom­achs and clothes for our backs, love is noth­ing. Ah my la­dy, the last man any woman should think of mar­ry­ing is the man she loves.”

When the win­ner of Mas­tana Ba­har was an­nounced last year, An­je­ly Ra­jku­mar could hard­ly be­lieve it was her name they called. It capped over a decade of hard work in the realm of Hin­dus­tani clas­si­cal mu­sic.

To­day, homes across T&T will soon glow with the warm flick­er of hun­dreds of tiny clay lamps—deyas—sym­bol­is­ing the tri­umph of light over dark­ness. But be­hind each flame lies the artistry and de­vo­tion of crafts­men like Makh Tick­lal, a tra­di­tion­al deya mak­er from Ch­agua­nas whose hands have shaped both clay and cul­ture for gen­er­a­tions.

In our last ar­ti­cle, we fo­cused on breast aware­ness for our teenagers. In this ar­ti­cle, we give at­ten­tion to the chil­dren of our breast can­cer sur­vivors. This no doubt is not a com­mon area of dis­cus­sion, though it is im­por­tant. Of note, many of our young boys and girls have many con­cerns and of­ten live in house­holds that are af­flict­ed by this dread­ed dis­ease.

For many women, menopause un­folds grad­u­al­ly over sev­er­al years. But for oth­ers, it can ar­rive overnight-trig­gered by surg­eries such as a hys­terec­to­my (re­moval of the uterus) or oophorec­to­my (re­moval of the ovaries). When this hap­pens, the hor­mon­al shift is im­me­di­ate, of­ten lead­ing to what’s called sur­gi­cal or in­duced menopause.

For Nir­mala Ses­narayan, be­ing a good Hin­du woman means be­ing a good wife, daugh­ter, sis­ter, moth­er, and a good per­son in gen­er­al.