The Indian Presence in Port of Spain literature
This year’s annual Bocas Lit’ Fest (Bocas Literary Festival) has just ended in Port of Spain in Trinidad and Tobago (23-25/4/21). For the second year, it ran entirely virtual and…
Kumar Mahabir
For Hindus, Christmas begins with Divali
For Hindus, Christmas begins with Divali – the annual Festival of Lights – which usually falls in November. As followers of an eclectic faith, Hindus celebrate Divali as well as…
Indian lives do not matter – violent incitement against Indians
On her Facebook page, well-known ruling People’s National Movement’s (PNM’s) political activist, Juliet Davy, of Trinidad and Tobago, created and shared a horrifying video recently. No one in the mainstream…
Black Power agenda to remove Columbus statue
The National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago has been strangely silent on the rowdy and relentless campaign to remove the historical statue of Christopher Columbus in the capital city of…
University corruption EXPOSED: retrenchment was like a COVID-19 ambush
Schools, colleges and universities worldwide have been closed since March 11, 2020 when COVID-19 was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global pandemic. But for 69 lecturers…
Politics and the Amerindians of Guyana (Part 3 of 3)
By Dr Kumar Mahabir and Jai Sears When rain falls, the laterite roads to the Amerindian settlements in the Rupununi Savannah in Guyana run in a mess and get flooded…
Politics and the Amerindians of Guyana (Part 2 of 3)
By Dr Kumar Mahabir and Jai Sears Traditionally, Amerindians in Guyana have voted for the Bharrat Jagdeo-led People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) party, now in Opposition. In Region 9 where…
Politics and the Amerindians of Guyana (Part 1 of 3)
By Dr Kumar Mahabir and Jai Sears The Rupununi Savannah in Guyana is 5,000 square miles of immense rolling plains interspersed with vast wetlands and dense forests. Trinidad and Tobago,…
Jung Bahadur Singh of Guyana (1886 – 1956): Politician, ship doctor, labour leader and protector of Indians
By Baytoram Ramharack As a second generation Indian in Guyana, born about 50 years after the commencement of the period of indentureship, and whose parents were of Indian and Nepalese…