Multiculturalism and Its Challenges in Trinidad and Tobago

It is common knowledge that Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, changed the name of the Ministry of Culture to the Ministry of Arts and Multiculturalism as a gesture toward my friend Sat Maharaj, secretary general of the Maha Sabha, more as a payoff for favors rendered than the culmination of a carefully thought-out cultural policy. Sat has always advocated the celebration of the multicultural dimensions of our society rather than our working toward the creation of a transcendent national culture that results in the formation of national consciousness and loyalty to the nation. Adapted from the source document.