The BBC South Asia service has published a feature article on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar stating that the country's first female Prime Minister has broken the cultural mould in Trinidad and Tobago.Journalist Nazma Muller wrote:
"Barely 24 hours after she was sworn in as the first woman prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar donned a life jacket and waded into the flood waters to tour areas affected by torrential rains sweeping across the Caribbean.
"A devout Hindu, she swore on the Bhagavad Gita - the Hindu holy book - to do her duty to her people.
"Even as congratulations poured in from around the world, she remained focused on 'dealing with the people's business'.
"It was the most important task at hand, she told her 1.3m citizens during the live televised address of her historic swearing-in ceremony."
Read the full BBC report: Trinidad's PM breaks the cultural mould
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