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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....

Today, with its insistence that the democratically elected PPP government isn’t “legitimate” – even though it has lost its “built-in” Indian-based majority - several leaders in the African Guyanese community...

An editorial in a Guyana newspaper on March 13 reveals the deficiencies in Guyana’s Housing authorities. The never ending lines at the Ministry of Housing on Brickdam is a pure...

Historical Background. Historically, before foreign invaders came to India, Indian society evolved and structured the relations, between the Maharajahs, on the one hand; and Indian culture, music, dance, and the...

Most of us know the Prahalad stories about the origins of Holi - or “Phagua”, as it is known in the Bhojpuri belt from where most Indians in the Caribbean originated. But we can also look...

Growing up in Guyana in the 1950’s, more so on a sugar estate - Uitvlugt - it was impossible to escape the presence of Dr. Cheddi Jagan. My earliest recollection...

The PPP won the 1992 general election with a margin of over 50,000 votes, in 2020 they won by just 15,000 votes despite all the progress that has been made. ...

Professor Paul Tennassee hosted a program on Globespan with co-moderator, Professor Floyd Haynes a couple weeks ago, with the forum consisting of Mr. Vincent Alexander, Mr. Timothy Jonas S.C. and...