Tag Archives: social media

For whatever reason, the Express posted my column last week (The Art of Forgetting) on its Facebook page with an introductory heading comprising these 30 words of the 900 I’d written. “I come from a Muslim family, and when I entered puberty I rejected Islam for telling me that menstruation …

“[…] The term ‘mental slavery’ suggests that even after physical chains have been broken, the psychological and cultural chains imposed by centuries of oppression can persist. “These chains are manifested in the form of internalized racism, self-doubt, and a sense of inferiority that can be deeply ingrained in the consciousness …

“[…] The police, they’re going after the young kids on the streets…the big fish don’t come to do deals directly. “The big fish are […] politicians and businessmen; them is the men, and they’re the ones who are bringing the drugs in, too. Dem is the men who behind the …

“[…] The Mahaica Oval has no dressing rooms. You have to change under a tent in the car park—and this is a brand new venue. It is a sporting complex with no room for sporting personnel to change. Do you understand what I’m telling you? “[…] Most clubs have told …

In 1958, the author, John Steinbeck, wrote an essay describing San Francisco as a city with “a golden handcuff with the key thrown away”. The article was a rhapsody about life in that city. On the other hand, we watch our nation slide into a putrid abyss—never leaving but badmouthing …

A long time ago, I had a discussion—maybe an argument—with a newspaper editor about what constituted “soft” news. He thought that issues affecting women were soft, and should be relegated to pages headed by labels that suggested they were for women only. Instinctively, I rejected that. It seemed to me …

Germany 2006 World Cup goalkeeper, ex-England Premier League stand-out and ESPN analyst Shaka Hislop offers advice to current athletes on handling public criticism. Check our full interview with Hislop on the Burdie and Barney Show, as we discuss memorable moments at the Tokyo Olympics, Angus Eve’s Soca Warriors, the Harry …

Ex-England Premier League and Trinidad and Tobago World Cup goalkeeper and ESPN analyst Shaka Hislop talks to Burdie and Barney about his takeaways from the Tokyo Olympics, the Soca Warriors (and the Caribbean) at the Concacaf Gold Cup, the Harry Kane transfer saga, Barcelona FC’s fire-sale and athletes versus the …

Germany 2006 World Cup goalkeeper, ex-England Premier League stand-out and ESPN analyst Shaka Hislop suggests a devastating toll on Trinidad and Tobago’s top athletes due to scathing social media attacks, like those inflicted on Rio 2016 Olympic Games boxer Nigel Paul. Look out for our full interview with Hislop on …

Last Sunday, the state of our national dialogue alarmed two Express columnists. Martin Daly described it as poisonous (‘The country has descended almost exclusively into the practice of the poisonous politics of demonisation.’) while Selwyn Cudjoe warned about the consequences (‘I don’t know how the acidic squabble between the prime …

As adopters of social media and smart phones, we reveal a lot about ourselves each day. We tell the world about our likes and dislikes, habits and families via Facebook and Twitter. We even disclose our travel plans to persons we do not know via Waze and Google. We expose …

“If you believe only in facts and forget stories,” Cassandra Clare writes in Lord of Shadows, “your brain will live but your heart will die.” So here is a short story that illustrates, I think, how the brain keeps itself alive, serendipitously collecting its own facts. Green Corner, Port-of-Spain, circa …