Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said descendants of Indian indentured labourers today represent the fulfilment of the dreams carried across the kala pani by generations of jahajis who endured poverty, discrimination and hardship in pursuit of a better life.

The Prime Minister yesterday arrived aboard a replica of the Fatel Razack at the Heritage Dam in Clarke Road, Penal, as part of a re-enactment symbolising the arrival of the first East Indian indentured labourers to Trinidad 181 years ago.

Following that, she led a procession to the Petrotrin grounds where hundreds came out in the rain to celebrate Indian Arrival Day.