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YATRA (The Journey) Vol. 3, Issue 1 January - February, 2011 Bimonthly Journal of the High Commission of India, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. Editor-in-Chief Malay Mishra Editor Sunita Pahuja Support team P.K. Sharma Jayashree Suresh Contributors Sayantan Chakravarty Sunita Pahuja Abid Hussain Prof. Tsuyoshi Nara Ashook Ramsaran Tasha Kavita Ramnarine Shreyasi Singh Joydeep Gupta Tony Musai Sumati Kareem Cover Design & Layout INDIA EMPIRE Publication Printed by: INDIA EMPIRE Publication N 126, Level 3, Greater Kailash I New Delhi 110048, India M: +91.9899117477 Yatra is a bi-monthly journal published by the information Wing of the High Commission of India, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago. It is also available Online on the Mission’s Website. The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily of the High Commission of India, Port of Spain. Reproduction in any manner without prior permission of the High Commission is prohibited. 2 | YATRA | JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2011 From the High Commissioner’s desk Dear Reader, One more year has surfaced on the global calendar, a year of optimism and resurgence, of addressing the hopes of the multitudes on both sides of the Caribbean. As we assembled to pay homage to the noble soul who had perceived all humanity through the tribulations of the human being, we were humbled. At the feet of the austere, simple, walking stick holding slender persona to whom revolting against an unjust repressive system had come easy with the shibboleths of peace and non-violence, the currencies of struggle over the broad canvas of India as also any place in the world yearning for freedom, it was a moment of questioning. Questioning the very basis of survival and the values that entails, rationalizing at great cost the inhuman manner in which the flow of civilization has deluged all ethics into the cauldron of globalization. Yet we are children of destiny, determined to forge our way forward in this maudlin world of materialistic pursuits and reveling in our high growth success. The luminate which pervaded the Gandhi Peace Park could not have been more bedazzling. Standing tall was Makandal Daaga, more Chief Servant than His Excellency, the Cultural Ambassador to CARICOM, in the likeness of great leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr., drawing perennial inspiration from the Mahatma, having brought about seminal changes to their respective societies. Recalling the assassin’s bullets and the faint murmur of ‘Hey Ram’ when the light had gone out of a nation’s midst, the decibels of “Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram…” played out in the environs of Port of Spain and San Fernando and we paid homage to the memory of the scores of freedom fighters, those martyrs who had fallen so that we get up free and stand tall in the society. Just a few weeks back, Delhi had reverberated to the strings of the well heeled diaspora, commemorating the return of India’s most venerated Pravasi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to her shores on the 9th of January, 1915. The 9th edition of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas had been celebrated with vigour and on the sidelines, the Port of Kolkata, from where the story of modern day diasporic emigration had begun, commemorated the installation of the site and inscription paying yet another homage to those indentured workers who had left Indian shores to be part of the diaspora forever. It was indeed a heart rending sight to see scores of present day pravasis, their descendants assembled from all over the world to be part of that historic moment, feel and sense the agonies of history gone by and find their echoes in the present to drive themselves towards a better future. And in between came India’s 62nd Republic Day, consummation of an enduring democracy, the world’s largest and the most boisterous, leapfrogging into one of the most exciting decades. And thereby will come about a major realignment of forces that would define global politics for the foreseeable future, driven by emerging economies, notably India. The High Commission amidst all this excitement has played its role in bridging relations with Trinidad & Tobago as also neighbouring islands in the Caribbean in a multitude of ways. Many events are to shape destinies of our peoples over this year and beyond as we consolidate our strengths getting to know each other better, drawing sheafs from each other’s lives and the myriad experiences therein. Happy New Year, The High Commission of India in Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain
Contents Bilateral .................................................................................................................................................... Page 04 Culture ..................................................................................................................................................... Page 07 Feature ..................................................................................................................................................... Page 13 Economy .................................................................................................................................................. Page 15 Renewable Energy ................................................................................................................................. Page 17 Science ...................................................................................................................................................... Page 18 Biography ................................................................................................................................................ Page 19 Diaspora ................................................................................................................................................. Page 23 Know India Program ............................................................................................................................ Page 26 Culture ..................................................................................................................................................... Page 28 Hindi Section ........................................................................................................................................... Page 29 Photo Gallery .......................................................................................................................................... Page 31 The High Commission of India in Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain JANUARY-FEBRUARY, 2011 04 07 09 13 23 28 YATRA | JANUARY - FEBRUARY 2011 | 3
Page 4 and 5: BILATERAL HIGH COMMISSIONER’S VIS
Page 6 and 7: BILATERAL 6 | YATRA | JANUARY - FEB
Page 8 and 9: CULTURE On the eve of Republic Day
Page 10 and 11: BILATERAL - CULTURE TRIBAL FOLK ART
Page 12 and 13: EXCERPTS OF PRESIDENT OF INDIA’S
Page 14 and 15: FEATURE Also coming out of the conv
Page 16 and 17: ECONOMY America, Europe, Middle Eas
Page 18 and 19: SCIENCE India uses the sun to battl
Page 20 and 21: BIOGRAPHY laws was condemning peopl
Page 22 and 23: BIOGRAPHY physical, intellectual an
Page 24 and 25: DIASPORA View of the gathering at t
Page 26 and 27: DIASPORA The Global Indian Diaspora
Page 28 and 29: CULTURE Flying high: International
Page 30 and 31: HINDI SECTION 30 | YATRA | JANUARY

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