Fa­thers of­ten share spe­cial bonds with their chil­dren. For 80-year-old Chanka Ram­rat­tan, that bond is a shared love for fit­ness and ex­er­cise with his 46-year-old son Nari.

Af­ter con­ced­ing death as his fi­nal op­tion fol­low­ing a ma­jor ac­ci­dent in 2018 that left him par­tial­ly dis­abled, Dale Moolchan stands to­day as liv­ing tes­ti­mo­ny that faith, de­ter­mi­na­tion and a strong will can car­ry a per­son through even the most dev­as­tat­ing of cir­cum­stances.

Most peo­ple wor­ry about their heart. Some wor­ry about their blood sug­ar, can­cer, cho­les­terol, blood pres­sure or the mys­te­ri­ous ache that ap­pears af­ter the age of forty and nev­er en­tire­ly leaves.

There are eas­i­er ways to spend a hol­i­day than hik­ing through freez­ing tem­per­a­tures, gasp­ing for breath at 12,500 feet above sea lev­el and stand­ing with­in sight of one of the most ac­tive vol­ca­noes in the world.

There are mo­ments that re­mind us just how deeply the roots of Caribbean and African cul­tures are in­ter­twined, long be­fore we ever cross oceans to meet.

Even as a young boy, Bradley Ram­cha­ran knew he want­ed to be a fa­ther. He had it all mapped out in his head: two chil­dren, a boy and a girl. To­day, the Lib­er­ty Caribbean multi­na­tion­al and gov­ern­ment sales di­rec­tor has ex­act­ly what he wished for.

Fa­ther’s Day is the per­fect oc­ca­sion to recog­nise the men who show up every day with strength, guid­ance and love, and great style is an­oth­er way many fa­thers ex­press their per­son­al­i­ty.

The promise sounds ir­re­sistible be­cause of the thought of los­ing weight quick­ly and curb­ing your ap­petite to achieve the body you’ve been chas­ing for years. Weight loss drugs have def­i­nite­ly gained pop­u­lar­i­ty over the past few years. Mar­ket­ing is high­ly fo­cused on us­ing in­flu­encers and celebri­ties to pro­mote prod­ucts.

Many dads out there may be con­cerned about their lev­el of fit­ness. Fit­ness is not about weight lift­ing but about the ex­er­cise rou­tines to en­sure you're healthy and able to move with­out any is­sues or chal­lenges. So for this Fa­ther's Day, Keeon Tay­lor pro­vides some guid­ance.

“Slav­ery was an eco­nom­ic in­sti­tu­tion of the first im­por­tance. It had been the ba­sis of the Greek econ­o­my and had built up the Ro­man Em­pire. In mod­ern times, it pro­vid­ed the sug­ar for the tea and the cof­fee cups of the West­ern world. It pro­duced the cot­ton to serve as a base for mod­ern cap­i­tal­ism. It made the Amer­i­can South and the Caribbean is­lands. The rea­son was eco­nom­ic, not racial. It had to do not with the colour of the labour­er, but the cheap­ness of the labour."

There comes a sea­son in many women’s lives when they ask them­selves, “What am I meant to build next?”

For men who show up with­out fan­fare, An­cel Mal­oney’s “Salute” feels like a much-need­ed pat on the back — a hip-hop gospel re­lease cen­tring on fa­thers, step­fa­thers and men­tors in fam­i­lies and com­mu­ni­ties.