What is Dookeran Religion?

[TheLight]

I’m hearing he is Presbyterian but a few days ago he sat down and do puja with Sat Maraj
However I noticed Act TV 25 which is a Christian TV had Dookeran being interviewed by Pastor Sammy himself

Presbyterian or Hindu?

If anyone know his religion please share

[cm103]

He is a Presbyterian and I think his wife is a Hindu.

Shouldn't make a difference.

[vaio]

I’m hearing he is Presbyterian but a few days ago he sat down and do puja with Sat Maraj
However I noticed Act TV 25 which is a Christian TV had Dookeran being interviewed by Pastor Sammy himself

Presbyterian or Hindu?

If anyone know his religion please share

Light hun, he is a Presbyterian with a Hindu wife and comes from a Hindu/Presbyterian background..nothing wrong with a non-hindu doing puja..do you have a problem with it...oh..i am sure you do...

He has more respect for the Hindu religion than some so called beef and pork eating hindus...FYI this is not his first puja, he has been doing pujas for over 20 years... :roll:

[Solachica]

Wht they does get religion to complain abt now in the mix.

[vaio]

Wht they does get religion to complain abt now in the mix.

They ain't know what else to look up for and they looking for some kinda dirt.... :roll:

[TheLight]

non-hindu doing puja

Do you even understand the Hindu Religion?

I find it highly unethical for Dookeran to pretend to be Hindu just for votes

[Maccogirl]

Its not a matter of digging up dirt but these two religions do have a different view as to how they see things in religious teachings so it would be interesting to understand if Mr. Dookeran now holds a different belief to that of his Presbyterian faith since he seems to be a willing participant in some Hindu practices.

[vaio]

non-hindu doing puja

Do you even understand the Hindu Religion?

I find it highly unethical for Dookeran to pretend to be Hindu just for votes

Did you even read...i said that he has been doing this for over 20 years...gosh..not just this year.... :roll: :roll:

[vaio]

Its not a matter of digging up dirt but these two religions do have a different view as to how they see things in religious teachings so it would be interesting to understand if Mr. Dookeran now holds a different belief to that of his Presbyterian faith since he seems to be a willing participant in some Hindu practices.

MG, i am a hindu my husband is a RC - we both take part in each other's religion...that does not mean that i now believe in another..i respect his religion and he respects mine..

Mr Dookeran is still of his faith..

[cm103]

Oh geez...Light finds it unethical that anyone running against Bas at all...

I think I mentioned here before that I'm Anglican and my mother's side is Hindu. I've been to numerous pujas and participated in many. In fact they used to have one for me every year when I was in university.

Light why promote religious discrimination to push your point?

[TheLight]

Did you even read...i said that he has been doing this for over 20 years...gosh..not just this year....

Why not do it at home, why do it at Sat Maraj school?

Oh, that is integrity…look I’m Hindu vote for me, oh wait I’m Presbyterian vote for me….

[vaio]

Light. what is your point? :roll: ...how you not talkin about Patos and digging for something on Dooks...

[gaia]

Why is all this energy being wasted on Dookeran and his faith? And why are we dividing the nation into religious groups? Yes, I know non-hindus who attend pujas, and hindus who attend christian churches. When you understand the pure philosophy of religion you dont make stupid statements. If his wife is a Hindu, you mean tu say de man doh celebrate Divali wid he wife. I went to a funeral last friday, a jamaican rastafarian, buried in a protestant, Lutherian church with Bob Marley music. This is what religion is all about, Love and compassion. ppl get a life, and get more important issues. Why is he pretending if he attends a Hindu prayer? de man ent no backward born again who has been annointed by de fust pappy to continue de pillage and rape of de nation!!1 Grow up folks and discuss the important issues.

[cm103]

Light, really, you ever vote before? You old enough for that?

He was invited along with others to the puja.

This really getting tiresome now. You fluctuating between trying to convince people to vote UNC by reason and just being plain absurd.

You are promoting discrimination with this line of discussion.

[citizen]

What does it matter? Only when the voters of T&T transcend religion, race, ethnicity, ancestral origin or any other demographic from the same semantic domain will we make any progress.
When anyone asks me my religion, I tell them that I am of the same religion as theirs. In the words of Mahatma Gandhi who addressed his supporters: "I am a Muslim, I am a Hindu, I am a Christian, I am a Jew - and so are all of you."
What does it matter?

[vaio]

Really light...it old now!!!

[TheLight]

Light why promote religious discrimination to push your point?

How I promoting religious discrimination?

I just making a point how Dookeran pretending to be one religion today and another tomorrow just for votes

[vaio]

Light why promote religious discrimination to push your point?

How I promoting religious discrimination?

I just making a point how Dookeran pretending to be one religion today and another tomorrow just for votes

HE IS NOT PRETENDING TO BE ANOTHER RELIGION.....Gosh...are you even reading what you type...btw what religion are you anyway..??

[cm103]

Where is he 'pretending' to be another religion by taking part in another's ceremony? Especially since he's been doing this for how long?

You stay home and vex when Eid, Divali, Christmas, Phagwa or Easter come around?

[vaio]

Where is he 'pretending' to be another religion by taking part in another's ceremony? Especially since he's been doing this for how long?

You stay home and vex when Eid, Divali, Christmas, Phagwa or Easter come around?

CM that is the view of narrow minded ppl...

[TheLight]

Light. what is your point? :roll: ...how you not talkin about Patos and digging for something on Dooks...
A man who claim to have so much integrity,
When he sitting with Sat Maraj on Jaggrati radio he is Hindu, when he sitting with Pastor Nelson Sammy he is Presbyterian and you find nothing wrong with that

[Parsifal]

Light, really, you ever vote before? You old enough for that?

He was invited along with others to the puja.

This really getting tiresome now. You fluctuating between trying to convince people to vote UNC by reason and just being plain absurd.

You are promoting discrimination with this line of discussion.

I could not agree with your comments more.

I am an agnostic but yet I have fasted for Ramadaan because my best friend in St. Mary's was a devout Muslim.

I am fasting now for Divali for the 4th year in a row because I am taking part in prayers.

I AM NOT AN INDIAN....BUT I AM A TRINBAGONIAN!

I was raised to respect all others irrespective of race, creed, class and education.

So please let us respect Mr. Dookeran in this regard and not attempt to sully his character on these grounds.

[Somebody007]

This is a backward thread for backward thinking trinbagonians.

[vaio]

Light. what is your point? :roll: ...how you not talkin about Patos and digging for something on Dooks...
A man who claim to have so much integrity,
When he sitting with Sat Maraj on Jaggrati radio he is Hindu, when he sitting with Pastor Nelson Sammy he is Presbyterian and you find nothing wrong with that

Where do you live? you cannot be from T&T! such a narrow minded view!!! What religion are you? Backward ppl cannot move forward...and as such you remain with you 'honourable' view.. :roll:

[cm103]

Light. what is your point? :roll: ...how you not talkin about Patos and digging for something on Dooks...
A man who claim to have so much integrity,
When he sitting with Sat Maraj on Jaggrati radio he is Hindu, when he sitting with Pastor Nelson Sammy he is Presbyterian and you find nothing wrong with that

So now he can't sit with one religion and must stick to his own then?

Light, do you feel all Indians must be Hindu or Muslim? That question might incite some strong emotions here but I feel Light have some issues beyond politics he need to deal with.

I ent care what colour, race, religion the man is just that he could handle the business of the country when asked.

Light, go buy a Trinpad copybook and read inside the back cover and come back when you done.

[Solachica]

My grandmother is presbyterian by birth my grandfather is hindu by birth. I am hindu and went to a presbyterian primary sch and a muslim secondary school.
I have taken part in all activities in each of these religions and there are many others like me.
I don't know why people make religion a problem. We want to follow tht from other parts of the world now?
Like my Indian friend who does not celebrate Christmas and was shocked tht I do and his hatred for muslims and pakistanis.
At least I know there are many other people like me and the respect and tolerance of religions here wud continue.

[slayerdave]

I ent care what colour, race, religion the man is just that he could handle the business of the country when asked.

So why is the Maha Sabha trying so hard to push that he is a hindu.

[vaio]

who says they are!!

[cm103]

I ent care what colour, race, religion the man is just that he could handle the business of the country when asked.

So why is the Maha Sabha trying so hard to push that he is a hindu.

If they are and it bothering you then call and correct them that he isn't. Why you wasting time here?

Again, I don't see any problem with him being whatever religion. If he takes part in other religious activities then that only makes him more Trini in my eyes.

[Somebody007]

My grandmother is presbyterian by birth my grandfather is hindu by birth. I am hindu and went to a presbyterian primary sch and a muslim secondary school.
I have taken part in all activities in each of these religions and there are many others like me.
I don't know why people make religion a problem. We want to follow tht from other parts of the world now?
Like my Indian friend who does not celebrate Christmas and was shocked tht I do and his hatred for muslims and pakistanis.
At least I know there are many other people like me and the respect and tolerance of religions here wud continue.


Solachica, ent you does look like Christine Kangaloo? I trying to picture what you look like cuz I thought you use to resemble JLo. :D

[skl]

LOL.....so when Panday invite Warner or Ramesh (he's presbyterian right ?) to a puja Light and Macco must be real vex.

[TheLight]

LOL.....so when Panday invite Warner or Ramesh (he's presbyterian right ?) to a puja Light and Macco must be real vex.

Is not what he take part in, is what he take part in it for!

But most people on here say he is Presbyterian but Jamal Mohammed, Sat Maraj and others saying he is Hindu

[skl]

LOL.....so when Panday invite Warner or Ramesh (he's presbyterian right ?) to a puja Light and Macco must be real vex.

Is not what he take part in, is what he take part in it for!

But most people on here say he is Presbyterian but Jamal Mohammed, Sat Maraj and others saying he is Hindu

really light....them SAY that Dooks is a Hindu ?

you sure you ent just assume he Hindu becuase Sat and other Hindu leaders backing him and inviting him to puja ?

[Maccogirl]

Anyone know what the C in Winston name stand for :D Winston C. Dookeran, is that is his Indo name but like the man fraid to use it :lol:

[Miroslav Klose]

Anyone know what the C in Winston name stand for :D Winston C. Dookeran, is that is his Indo name but like the man fraid to use it :lol:

C for COP :D

[cm103]

Light, call and correct them then. I hear Jamal saying that he go take care of Hindus but nothing about him being a Hindu. Maybe I didn't hear the same program you did.

The man participating in pujas for donkey years now. Yuh vex it was on the papers?

After the election you go care if he does puja then?

[TheLight]

really light....them SAY that Dooks is a Hindu ?

you sure you ent just assume he Hindu becuase Sat and other Hindu leaders backing him and inviting him to puja ?

I telling you what I heard them say,
I hope Sat aint fooling his supporters telling them Dooks is Hindu support him and next thing he is not…

[Maccogirl]

Well I curious I am positive its a indo name I just wondered how come it is never mentioned or used on anything, since he so seems to be so into this entire indo thing one would of thought using his middle name would not be an issue anyway I still want to know what it is :lol:

[Maccogirl]

LIght his middle initials stand for C Christian :lol: :lol:

[littleone]

really light....them SAY that Dooks is a Hindu ?

you sure you ent just assume he Hindu becuase Sat and other Hindu leaders backing him and inviting him to puja ?

I telling you what I heard them say,
I hope Sat aint fooling his supporters telling them Dooks is Hindu support him and next thing he is not…

so that would be sat fault for fooling his supportors, no? and whoever chose to support Dooks because they think he is a hindu, then they dotish too.

[TheLight]

Double post :!:

[TheLight]

LIght his middle initials stand for C Christian :lol: :lol:

I just heard he married under Presbyterian rites

[Maccogirl]

That may be true Light but I still want to know why he not using he indo name in anything like he shame of the name :lol: :lol:

[cm103]

You asking what is Dookeran middle name and why he doesn't use it?

You mean a middle name like say....Lawrence? I know one man with that middle name who ent fraid to use it.

Honestly Macco, because a man doesn't use his middle name he shame? That really reachin...

[vaio]

now they lookin at the man name and how he get married...oh lord ..ah love that... what nex? :roll: :roll:

[Maccogirl]

See that is the problem with some of you once people start to ask question on anything to do with the COP its reaching, you make all the noise about Jack and Bas hoodwinking people with this African trip no problem there.

Well the perception to some of us is Dookeran is trying to pull a fast one with this Indian man image, he is Presbyterian and has no clue of the Hindu faith but because its politically expedient at this moment that is the image he is pushing.

In the same regard that you are so aghast and shocked at what Bas and Jack did how come you are sitting there and condoning this con job that Dookeran trying to pull just to win votes?? Making all kind of excuses about this and that, and who married to another person of different religion so its ok, nonsene he doing this to win over the Indian vote that is all.

Let me give you a line from Winston .C Dookeran own mouth speaking at a function for Reverend Cyril Paul .Born at Marabella into a Presbyterian family, young Cyril attended the Marabella Anglican Primary School "so that during the week I was busily making the sign of the cross but not on a Sunday as Presbyterians do not observe that custom, although we do respect those who do."


So is Winston not being hypocritical now with all this new fond yearning for the Hindu faith ???

[vaio]

See that is the problem with some of you once people start to ask question on anything to do with the COP its reaching, you make all the noise about Jack and Bas hoodwinking people with this African trip no problem there. i see no problem here...but you talkin apples and oranges...one was to deliberately fool the ppl...

Well the perception to some of us is Dookeran is trying to pull a fast one with this Indian man image, he is Presbyterian and has no clue of the Hindu faith but because its politically expedient at this moment that is the image he is pushing. so his years of attending service at my mandir ....participating....yep he has no idea of the hindu religion...added to that his wife is a hindu...even if they got married in Presbyterian :roll:

In the same regard that you are so aghast and shocked at what Bas and Jack did how come you are sitting there and condoning this con job that Dookeran trying to pull just to win votes?? Making all kind of excuses about this and that, and who married to another person of different religion so its ok, you have a problem with different religions getting married...you gotta be a really dysfunctional person then... :roll: .

So is Winston not being hypocritical now with all this new fond yearning for the Hindu faith ??? if you did really know what you were talkin about you would not make such a stupid comment... :roll:


So what really is you problem with Dookeran participating in prayers....for years i have seen ppl of other religion participate in religious activites which are not their own..... :roll:

[Maccogirl]

Like you don't understand what you read or you are conveniently missing the point. Winston Dookeran is not a Hindu, has no idea of the religion or customs and is only doing so now to give the impression that he does in order to win the Hindu vote..... that is hypocritical and if you walk all over the place under the guise that you are a man of integrity then why the hypocrisy ??? Why try to mislead the Indian population just to get their vote?

You have a major issue if anyone else does it but you cant seem to understand when the COP does it I wonder why :roll:

[cm103]

Macco, I really surprised you come on here promoting this religious divide.

Jack and Bas lying to the people about what they really did in SA and Dookeran participating in a puja are not remotely similar.

Macco how long he married to he wife now and how you know he only now yearning for the Hindu faith? You was there throughout the years with him?

You gone back to your nitpicking ways again when you have nothing to say.

[vaio]

Like you don't understand what you read or you are conveniently missing the point. Winston Dookeran is not a Hindu, has no idea of the religion or customs and is only doing so now to give the impression that he does in order to win the Hindu vote..... that is hypocritical and if you walk all over the place under the guise that you are a man of integrity then why the hypocrisy ??? Why try to mislead the Indian population just to get their vote?

You have a major issue if anyone else does it but you cant seem to understand when the COP does it I wonder why :roll:

you are the one don't seem to understand....why you saying that he does not have any idea of the religion or customs? you really do NOT know the man....

[bluemellow]

COPeople, doh study it nah. Yuh know dem have a problem if Dooks sneeze too hard. Don't ever forget- Bas is the most spiritual, law abiding, sober, honest, forgiving, honourable man to ever walk the face of the Earth.

[vaio]

ah like that one....he sober!!!hahahahah....

[TheLight]

well I just heard on radio Dook Married under hindu rites and he is a practicing hindu… who lying

[Sirius]

Does it really matter? Religion is his personal choice and right, and the last time I checked he wasn't asking anyone to vote for him based on his religion.

[Solachica]

Solachica, ent you does look like Christine Kangaloo? I trying to picture what you look like cuz I thought you use to resemble JLo. :D
Me ent no latina hot thing 007 lol
My screen name is just something I been using a really long time.
I like Christine :)

[kemist]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

very entertaining tread for atheists.

[skl]

well I just heard on radio Dook Married under hindu rites and he is a practicing hindu… who lying


what radio station ? Who said it? Details man. Details.

[cm103]

well I just heard on radio Dook Married under hindu rites and he is a practicing hindu… who lying


what radio station ? Who said it? Details man. Details.

Doh expect too much now eh...this is the same Light who was complaining the other night that Dookeran didn't keep his word to the UNC supporters to remain their leader or some dotishness like that.

Light, ah hope yuh taking yuh medicine before you come back on the board.

[Mr Majik]

Macco...so lemmih see if ah understand yuh good...
I grow in Canada, surrounded by white people. I eat with them. I drink with them. I even married one (a white, French-Canadian). But using your logic I still have no idea about white Canadian culture, right?

My father was christened an Anglican. His mother and 2 sisters were Roman Catholics. His mother was married at age 12 under Hindu rites, but the marriage was never consummated, as the groom was part of a scam at the time in which they would arrange weddings, collect dowry and such, then disappear. (The groom, his father and their pundit were eventually recognized whilst trying to pull the scam in Central and were killed. It was apparently quite the scandal in T'dad in the early 20th century)
Most of my father's relatives are Presbyterian and Hindu.

My father and grandmother were hired to sing at many Hindu weddings in Sangre Grande, Sangre Chiquito, Coal Mine, Cumuto, and places in between. To this day, whenever my father, who is now 82, gets together with his one living sister, who will be 91 next month, they always part with my father singing a song in Hindi to her.

Are you going to suggest that he has no clue about the Hindu religion?

[Mr Majik]

non-hindu doing puja

Do you even understand the Hindu Religion?

I find it highly unethical for Dookeran to pretend to be Hindu just for votesI find it highly unethical for Panday to pretend that he is honest and gives a **** about all Trinis...just for votes!

[cm103]

Aye Majik, yuh family sound a lot like mine. I had one great uncle who got married at night and they switch the bride on him. I ent know how people long time used to deal with them thing yes.

Anyways, this kinda mixup and knowledge of others religions is part of what make us trini. My wife from the Bahamas (a lil white, italian mix ting) and she always amazed at the amount of religious holidays we have and how much I could tell her on each one.

The Bahamas a a bible thumping country. A muslim group wanted to build a mosque and it got shot down, apparently because the Christian council vetoed it.

A lot of stuff has to pass through them (the council), even movie censorship. If that is one of the alternatives then I much rather prefer my TnT.

[skl]

if its one thing about Trinis, you know they go defend the right of every religion to have thier own holidays :mrgreen:

[cm103]

Well any reason for a holiday ent?

I was reading back over this thread and watching how far it gone....pujas and middle names...almost like a naipaul book title.

[Scorpio]

Humm, this is scraping the bottom of the barrel for dirt.

[Maccogirl]

Right now Dookeran can be holier than the Pope, I think the bigger issue at this moment is how is he doing in his seat in the election race from all indications he not doing well and that seat either going to the PNM or the UNCA :roll:

[just1fix]

Right now Dookeran can be holier than the Pope, I think the bigger issue at this moment is how is he doing in his seat in the election race from all indications he not doing well and that seat either going to the PNM or the UNCA :roll:

I think the bigger issue is if people are willing to sacrifice the principles of honesty and integrity by voting a corrupt UNC party back into power. Macco, why don't you tell us how you can vote for them despite the Piarco Airport Scandal and the Fifa Ticket scandal. Give us a front row seat into the mental gymnastics you have to perform to justify putting such undeserving men back into power when there are others who are far more capable and far more acceptable to the country as a whole.

[Somebody007]

What is the real purpose of this thread? Alot of backwardness is being displayed in here.

[Falcon]

What is the real purpose of this thread? Alot of backwardness is being displayed in here. hence the reason for the thread!!! :lol:

[TheLight]

Does it really matter? Religion is his personal choice and right, and the last time I checked he wasn't asking anyone to vote for him based on his religion.

I don’t know about that,
What I know, Pastor Nelson Sammy promoting Dookeran as a Presbyterian leader and Sat Maraj, Suren Capildeo and Raviji promoting him as a hindu leader

[gaia]

don’t know about that,
What I know, Pastor Nelson Sammy promoting Dookeran as a Presbyterian leader and Sat Maraj, Suren Capildeo and Raviji promoting him as a hindu leader
TheLight

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Good for Dooks!! Its time pple understand that fundamentally the meassage is the same and one can belong/respect many/all religions. I belong to all!! All religions that seek peace, prosperity for the pple will back Dooks. Does that make him a hypocrite? God by anyother name is still God!!

[cascadura]

matters not whether dooks is a Presbyterian or hindu... he is a puppet

[vaio]

wow, this thread is still going..not really sure why though...guess some ppl just bored and want to talk abt Dooks....

so cascadura..if dooks is ah puppet...how come Bas saying that he was trying to overthrow the UNC and Kamla talking about his attempted coup of the UNC... like it hard to understand...ent? :roll:

[cm103]

There is no winning this argument nah

If he stayed in the UNC then he would be like Kamla and get sideline when Panday decide he want back the reigns. Plus people go say he like licks and is Panday puppet.

He leave and do he own thing and he splitting the vote.

Is no pleasing some people. Just listen to what the man saying before you watch the color of he skin, what church he go to or where he went to school.