TRINIDAD, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, February 4, 2008: Hindi is getting a fillip in Trinidad and Tobago, where around 23 per cent of the million population is of Indian extraction but only about five per cent of them speak the language fluently.
Satnarayan Maharaj, secretary general of Trinidad and Tobago’s Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS), a major Hindu organization, has announced that his organisation has developed a Hindi curriculum to be used in its 60 primary and secondary institutions.
“As you all know, Hindi is one of the widely spoken languages. In this age of globalisation when India is emerging a major world economic power, learning of Hindi is indeed good,” said Indian High Commissioner Jagit Singh Sapra.