Minister of Trade, Investment and Tourism Satyakama Maharaj, left, presents a copy of his book to Indian High Commissioner Dr Pradeep Rajpurohit at the launch of the T&T Indian Business Federation at the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Cooperation in Mt Hope on Sunday. Looking on is TTIBF president Vaalmikki Arjoon . PHOTO BY SHASTRI BOODAN

As the global economic map is being redrawn, for the first time in generations the compass is pointing decisively toward New Delhi, Dr Vaalmikki Arjoon, the first president of the T&T-India Business Federation (TTIBF), observed, describing India’s evolution from a cultural touchstone into what he called “a US$4.6 trillion juggernaut.”