Malta’s Hidden Care Force: Abela’s ‘Indian Nurses’ Remark Sparks National Soul-Searching
Prime Minister Robert Abela’s off-the-cuff remark during Sunday’s political rally—“It’s Indian nurses who take care of them”—has set island tongues wagging faster than a festa firework. Speaking about his ageing parents’ home-care arrangements, Abela unwittingly distilled a microcosm of modern Malta: a nation where the traditional “familja” unit now leans on Kolkata and Kerala as…