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A Hindu leader with an unbridled passion to serve his community, and the people of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr. Maniram ‘Clifford’ Rampaul, formerly of Rio Claro, passed away on May...

It is time that Trinidad and Tobago get serious about its political history and the personages who occupied these positions of honour and regality. I am referring to the concept...

I have held off to date from commenting on the remarks of Ms Walton-Desir that has precipitated such a heated debate on race and racism in Guyana. On a social...

Is de first time dat I hear Irfaanexcept for social conversationand I got to admit, I didn’t seeanything I was warned to look fah,no puppet strings nor puppeteer,in fact, I...

My call last week for the May 5 Public Holiday - “Arrival Day” -  to be renamed “Indian Arrival Day”, elicited several objections. One interlocutor even claimed I was “unpatriotic”....

Indian Guyanese have lost their mother tongues (they brought from India) in Guyana and other territories in the Caribbean region, except Suriname. Between 1838 and 1917 around 240,000 Indian immigrants...

Diaspora Indians or Indians in the Caribbean and the Western World, who were not afraid to explore new frontiers such as America often, faced 'good hell,' when they arrived on...

On Wednesday May 5, we will be commemorating “Indian Arrival Day” – which is still officially dubbed “Arrival Day”, supposedly because the government wants to acknowledge the contributions and impact...

With Indian Arrival Day less than three weeks away we are reminded that between 1838 and 1917, 239,000 Indians were brought as “indentured labourers” for the sugar plantations of Guyana...

One of the challenges facing the Indian Guyanese community is a stereotypical, essentialized perception by other groups. One often wonders who is it that is being addressed in some exchanges....