Kangaloo: Let our words bring light, not heat

Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo has called on cit­i­zens to em­brace truth, com­pas­sion and re­spect­ful di­a­logue, say­ing these val­ues are es­sen­tial to pre­serv­ing uni­ty and strength­en­ing T&T’s democ­ra­cy.

In her mes­sage mark­ing Di­vali 2026, Kan­ga­loo re­flect­ed on the deep­er mean­ing of the ob­ser­vance and its rel­e­vance to mod­ern so­ci­ety, en­cour­ag­ing cit­i­zens to put the prin­ci­ples of truth, courage and un­der­stand­ing in­to prac­tice.

The pres­i­dent not­ed that Di­vali com­mem­o­rates the re­turn of Lord Ram and Moth­er Si­ta to Ay­o­d­hya af­ter 14 years of ex­ile, an oc­ca­sion marked by rows of deyas sym­bol­is­ing the vic­to­ry of good over evil, knowl­edge over ig­no­rance and light over dark­ness.