Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo is call­ing on cit­i­zens to com­mit to the vi­sion for a bet­ter T&T by em­u­lat­ing the courage and re­silience ex­hib­it­ed by the first In­di­an in­den­tured labour­ers to ar­rive in this coun­try 180 years ago.

In her In­di­an Ar­rival Day mes­sage yes­ter­day, the Pres­i­dent said the sto­ry of the 225 pas­sen­gers who came from In­dia to T&T is “one of the most pow­er­ful and in­spi­ra­tional sto­ries in our na­tion’s his­to­ry.”

“It is a sto­ry, not just of sur­vival, but of tri­umph over every imag­in­able ad­ver­si­ty. It teach­es us what can be achieved when we per­se­vere and do not give up,” said Her Ex­cel­len­cy.