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Indian Caribbean Folklore Spirits

by Kumar Mahabirwith illustrations by Aneesa Khan This captivating book provides details of the presence of a brood of...

Indian Diaspora in the Caribbean

Edited by Kumar Mahabir The collection in this volume consists of 13 chapters written on a broad range of...

The Still Cry: Personal Account of the East Indians in Trinidad and Tobago during Indentureship (1845-1917)

Kumar Mahabir Published by Calaloux Publications. Distributed locally by Chakra. The reports of five surviving ex-indentured immigrant laborers are...

The Political Uses of Myth or Discrimination Rationalized

Trevor Sudama The articles cover a wide range of subjects which are really intended to provide a different perspective...

The Persistence of the Indian Identity in Trinidad

D. Parsuram Maharaj This slim publication is a collection of ten selected columns published in the Newsday newspaper from...

The Legacy of Indian Indenture:
150 Years of East Indians of Trinidad

Mahin Gosine, Dipak Malik and Kumar Mahabir This book consists of a wide range of papers on the East...

Rama’s Voyage [a novel]

Ron Ramdin Rama’s Voyage is the story of a boy who is forced by circumstances to leave his quiet...

Pandits and Politics: The socio-political factors leading to the formation of the Divine Life of Society, between 1956 and 1962

D.H. Singh. Foreword by Ashram B. Maharaj This work traces the forces which influenced the formation of a Hindu-based...

Origins and Development of Racial Ideology In Trinidad:
The Black View of the East Indian

Dennison Moore. Racism bedevils most societies in the world today. This book explores the Marxist perspective in the Capitalist...

Medicinal and Edible Plants used by East Indians of Trinidad and Tobago

Kumar Mahabir This book contains valuable information on sixty-three local plants, each of which is described and given a...

Lotus and the Dagger: The Capildeo Speeches (1957-1994)

Edited by Samaroo SiewahForeword by Dr John La Guerre This volume carries 45 speeches of Simbhoonath Capildeo and Dr...

Indian Dance for the Caribbean

Sandra Sookdeo Foreword by Dr Kenneth Vidia Parmesad This book explores the origin of dance and traces its movement...