IT is heartening to see that the new Government is placing Social Cohesion as a major function of the Cabinet with the appointment of a Minister to that position. I wish the Minister God’s speed in her work and look forward to a universal programme and the discussion thereon.

In spirituality, social cohesion can be summarised in three words: peace, love and unity. Please accept these few words taken from my poem ‘Fences’ in which I expressed the feeling that we have built too sturdily without gateway around ourselves:

Our fore-parents fought well the battle of time and staged the common platform of hospitality which have become a true national custom of which we are proud like our country’s anthem But let’s have hospitality for the siblings who betrayed our noble customs, using our history to create animosity and traditions for illicit gain for yet he/she is still a member of our family as we all know well its un-profitable to dwell thereon some silly thing our siblings say or do for then have we not ever made a mistake too the hostile recalling of histories would not do it is best we introspect at start anew, to fix our faults that alienate any member of a once happy crew

KENNETH DANIELS