By Raffique Shah -- Trinidad and Tobago News Blog
“I don’t know who Jit Samaroo was, but listening to others speak, he must have been a great man…my condolences to his family.”
That was a caller from Princes Town to TV6’s Morning Edition’s host Hayden Blades, who devoted much of last Friday’s programme to persons wanting to pay tribute to Jit, who had died the day before.
The substance of the call-I don’t know who he was-sums up one of the tragedies of our time: far too often, the real heroes of our country, those who make immeasurable contributions to its development, remain unknown to many in the society, most of all and worst of all, to school children.
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Yes Raffique Shah, you have highlighted a GREAT tragedy of this country and of our time. It is heartbreaking to hear a remark like that about one of our heroes and icons.