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Nicholas Jagdeo

Jun 23, 2018, 12:07 AM

A twenty-first century Abraham and a Trini.

UK-born T&T novelist Nicholas S Jagdeo’s The First Jew – The Resurrection of Abraham does not, in its storyline at least, travel down entirely familiar Caribbean literary terrain, but there is more than a hint of Trini engagement of...

May 20, 2015, 2:14 PM

‘OMG! I’m so JELLY!’: How the modern phrase has completely nullified the Tenth Commandment

Being last is never good. Being last means you tend to get overshadowed, understated, and well - forgotten. Although everyone else before you is being made a big deal of: "Oh my God! Number 1?! Hello! You are super...

Apr 28, 2014, 10:25 AM

Yom haShoah

All of Israel just came to a standstill for 2 minutes just now. I was in my room changing, pulling up my pants when the sirens went off. The music was playing, but as soon as I heard the...

Dec 8, 2013, 9:33 AM

Jewish Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago is one of the most culturally, ethnically and religiously diverse societies in the world. With an almost equal helping of East Indian-descended and African-descended racial majorities, one also finds enormous minorities in people of Chinese, European,...

Oct 21, 2013, 8:45 AM

The new twisting: “J’accuse Israel of being racist”

I'm not sure if you've seen the current video being shared virally about the situation with the illegal immigrants in Israel. It's gone viral to an extent that not even Grumpy Cat can compare to. In the past hour,...

About Me

Nicholas Jagdeo is a British-born, Trinidad & Tobago author, who's debut novel, "The First Jew: The Resurrection of Abraham", is available on amazon.com in print and kindle formats.