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The past two weeks witnessed a proliferation of letters in Guyana’s two dailies analyzing, defending and extolling the life of the late Cheddi Jagan. None other than ex-President Donald Ramoutar...

By Baytoram RamharackGeorge Lamming, the Bajan novelist and social commentator said that the name Cheddi Jagan evokes “permanence and awe” of the type “which time confers on certain historical monuments.”...

Once it was brought to the attention of stakeholders in the educational system that the contributions of East Indians to the development of the Caribbean has been omitted or in...

The festival of Deepawali in the city of Lord Rama, Ayodhya, takes Hindus to Treta Yuga. The entire Ayodhya was happy on the return of Ram, Sita, and Laxman after...

Deepavalli, the annual Hindu festival of flights, was celebrated on Thursday evening with the lighting of earthen lamps that were placed around the home and the yard. Wherever Hindus migrated,...

The results of the NYC elections are in and Felecia Singh, an Indo caribbean second generationer is a loser. From what I gathered, she ran on a platform that includes...

By S. Kumar and R. Kumar Introduction The struggles and toil of Girmitiyas is well known and documented. This short paper analyses the link between the population growth, economic progress...

At the "Vigil" on Sunday, Oct. 24th, 2021, a Hindu youth Sri Subra Das Ji, who fled from his homeland in Bangladesh because of fears for his and his family's...

I was one of the three presenters in the ZOOM Public Meeting, on the internet sponsored by the Indo-Caribbean Culture Centre on Sunday, September 12, 2021. As Mr. Vincent Alexander...

The dissent and fallout around the request to rename a street after Gandhi reveal huge divisions in a society that needs to heal. What seemed to have escaped many is...