New Delhi, July 8 -- A new awakening has gripped the people of Trinidad and Tobago following the historic visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 3-4, 2025. Modi, seen increasingly as a global statesman, infused fresh energy into India-Trinidad and Tobago ties-an epochal moment reminiscent of the late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's landmark visit in October 1968, which many in the Indian diaspora believed was in spirit a continuation of her father, Pandit Nehru's vision.

During Modi's visit, the country witnessed an outpouring of public enthusiasm: roads adorned with buntings, flags of both nations fluttering across thoroughfares, schools and government offices closing early, and crowds lining the streets alongside moko jumb...